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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a concerted effort to get more clubs into place a few years back, but that sort of ended with COVID.  In addition to Tilden drama, Best Buddies and National Junior Honor Society are really nice groups at Tilden plus Day of Caring. Chorus, band and orchestra are also nice.

[b]What the schools don’t seem to get is that the more positive things are going on at a school, the less negative behavior you have.  When you end the clubs etc, behavior spirals downward.  Then it’s a loop — teachers don’t want to sponsor the clubs because of bad behavior, behavior gets worse because of the lack of positive engagement.[/b]

I can point to one specific issue at Tilden - a huge reduction in the number of kids in band/orchestra.  The school recently eliminated a music teacher position, leaving only one teacher for chorus and all else.  The band and orchestra are still there and lovely, but used to be huge, wonderful, inclusive groups for kids to feel they are a part of something positive.  I’ll never understand why they eliminated that position.  Why eliminate these roles that create positive engagement? MCPS often misses the bigger picture.[/quote]

Great point raised here. [/quote]

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