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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]PP, fwiw, I think the angst is much more intense on DCUM than in real life. I have a third grader and don't ever hear any of the parents I know from my child's school talk the way some on this forum do about MCPS.[/quote]

I hear more in real life but worded differently if that makes sense. When you talk with other parents, its more along the lines of not being happy with it, comments about how easy it is, joking about the useless report card, and how there is hardly any homework or writing anymore. Its been an active topic at our PTA and parents have expressed the same concerns you here at every 2.0 meeting, PTA meeting and to the principal many times.

I'm worried that it will be hard to change anything to improve the situation for kids getting 2.0 now. The superintendent is arrogant and pretty open about not giving a damn what parents think. For him, this seems to be a philosophical mission. These types of leaders never lead well no matter where they think they are going because they can't adjust course. Beyond Starr, MCPS is just too large to be effective.  They have no clue how they will manage the projected growth of the population. They have huge budget problems and have antagonized most of the other county and state's political leaders with bad positioning and bad management of resources. They are losing their support base as they screw up the curriculum so their ability to win budget battles is only going to decline. Its not good. [/quote]

I'm the first PP (who said she doesn't hear this kind of angst in real life) and I find your response kind of surprising.... I have NEVER heard a parent of a young elementary school student anywhere complain about not getting ENOUGH homework. Are you really talking about parents of current 3rd graders (who are the roll-out year for 2.0), or younger? My oldest is in third grade, and the discussions among parents at our school pickup sound very different from whatyou and the other PP describe.[/quote]

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