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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Except in the wealthier schools, many of our kids never got anything in ES or MS. [/quote]
When CM was really for the advanced kids, and not for those whose parents were pushy, the 5 or 6 kids in our ES took a bus to the MS for acceleration.

Then some parents pushed for their kids to be in CM, so more than half the grade got pushed into CM which they then offered at the ES.  I volunteered there, and it was clear that many kids did not belong in that class.  I was thinking my youngest should probably be on track, not accelerated, but the teacher told me that because so many kids were pushed into CM, the kids left in the "on track" class were very behind, and my kid would be completely bored.   It became opposite extremes with nothing in the middle.

That said, I'm super glad my kids will be out of MCPS.  CM was necessary for one of my kids, who is now in college as a dual math/STEM major, getting a 4.0.

The dumbing down of MoCo kids.   This will hurt those whom MCPS is trying to help the most.  Some parents will just get tutors or teach their kids at home so their kids will be more advanced come HS so that they can take AP BC calc in 11th grade. It's the kids whose parents don't have the means/will to do the same who will suffer the most in the end.[/quote]

Again, you were at a wealthier school.  For us, we had CM, but friends didn't and no kidsi were bussed to the MS.  In MS and HS, some kids were, including mine, but as parents we had to drive them (again, look at the disparities).  And, it was a fight to get them to be able to take a class at another school.  Some kids skip AB, and do BC in 10th.  You use other kids as talking points, when they are our kids that are the ones going without and suffering.  Our school lacks stem, and its going to be an issue with college acceptances.[/quote]
If no kids were bussed to the MS back then for CM, then there probably weren't any kids who needed CM back then.

So, because you couldn't have it, no one else should?  Wow.  That's like "everyone gets a trophy for just showing up" parenting.[/quote]

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