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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP: I didn't get ONE PERSONALIZED SENTENCE on my DCPS third grader. I never do. It's one of the main reasons I don't donate to PTA and don't volunteer. If my school has no skin in the game, neither do I.

At my other child's DCPS charter, I get daily grade/homework updates, thoughtful feedback, a general, genuine feeling that his teachers know who he is. I donate above the requested amount and always make sure to stay involved.

Those of you making excuses for DCPS teachers need ask yourself why. It's the teacher's job to provide feedback on our kids at report card time. I shouldn't have to "seek it out" if I care enough.[/quote]

But my kids' teachers didn't design the report cards, so why would I hold them against them?

My kids' DCPS teachers have gone out of their way for them time and time again. Even the worst classroom teacher any of my kids have ever had once sent my daughter home with a helpful book about a specific hobby she has, so she clearly knew my kid despite being a bad teacher. The best teachers? Incredible.[/quote]

This. It sounds like some people just don't understand the nature of DCPS report cards and are expecting something teachers aren't even enabled to do. Teachers cannot write their own personalized narrative for report cards. DCPS standardizes the whole thing and they have to select from pre-written statements.

BUT that doesn't mean the teacher won't give you personalized feedback. I get good feedback at PT conference. Also while my kid goes to aftercare most days, I do after school pick up one day a week and I generally check in with the teacher on that day -- sometimes with a specific question or sometimes just "how's it going?" and I always get useful info this way.

Charters operate differently.

Also if you are refusing to give money to the PTA because you don't like how the report card system works, you fundamentally don't understand how DCPS is funded or what PTAs are for. The PTA doesn't have anything to do with DCPS procedures (though there are places you can go to complain or give feedback if you are motivated) nor do they hire or provide oversight of teachers.[/quote]

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