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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Transplant_1]My child is at Deal, and one thing I notice, is that non-consistency, confusion, lack of communication / clarity, is often explained away with "students need to learn to self-advocated and organize."  I don't deny they need to learn this, and would have to in any public school.  But it seems just too much.  It seems there just aren't enough rescources to create clarity, consistency, etc.  Just look at the difference between the website of JR and a high school in MoCo, Fairfax, Arlington.   Also, I find, that as a parent, if you are trying to support your child -- either with organization, trying to help them develop montivation for challenge, etc -- the lack of communication/clarity puts you as the parent in a difficult position with nothing to "hold onto" to "grab onto."   And this is not about being an overbearing parent, or about letting the kids figure it out or self-advocate.  This is about, parents guiding children about the importance of school, until they are at the point of really understanding it themselves.    For example, if I let my children "guide themselves" - they would eat sugary junk all day.   Same thing with school - if I let my child guide themselves, they would try to do as little as possble.   This is where I find the biggest difficult with DCPS's under resource, under communciation, under organization.  That as a parent -- no matter what color - if you want to support your child until they can do it on their own, it is  very very hard.[/quote]

My parents (who were very involved in my life overall) were not at all involved in my HS decisions. They had no input into the classes I selected, and they interacted with the school only via back to school night/teacher conferences. There were no parent orientation sessions. If I wanted or needed their help, I’d talk with them. I made good decisions, got into a top college.

I just think parental expectations of involvement are skewed. Kids are capable of registering for classes themselves at 14. And JR limits their options for 9th grade in ways that are age-appropriate, so that they can make these decisions for themselves. They introduce a few AP options in 10th grade to ease them in. Then in 11th grade they have a lot more freedom. It’s actually thoughtful and appropriate—it’s just not what you want. Your complaint is about how you’re involved, and I think JR would say that you don’t really need to be deeply involved.[/quote]

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