Reply to Schools with high FARM rates

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Schools with high FARM rates"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So i've been told that schools with high FARMS rates tend to perform poorly.  Excuse my ignorance on this matter, but how does this effect students that are from middle/upper class households? Especially those that come from a home with academic support. Does a school like this hurt them in the long run or does it affect college admissions in any way?

Thanks.[/quote]

I teach in a high FARMS elementary school (appr. 95% qualify for free lunch).  I can't answer questions about college admissions but I would imagine the HS our school feeds into has fewer AP/IB classes.  Many of our students read below grade level.  They start out behind and all of their elementary school years is basically playing catch up.  Our district has no GT or advanced program until MS and then it is only at a few schools (all of them are far away from my school).  In fact, during our re-accreditation, we were marked down for not offering enough enrichment for high achievers.  When more than half of the class is below grade level, nearly all of the energy goes toward bringing those students up to grade level.  The few students who may be above grade level don't have a peer group.  This year, we will have a plan for those students.  I would not choose to send my child to a school like mine.  The teachers are very strong and experienced but also exhausted by March/April.  I think your child would do fine up until middle school when his/her peer group would begin to trump you as parents.  None of my students have parents who graduated from a 4 year college.  The only people they know who have graduated from college are their teachers.  We can talk college up all we want but it's an uphill battle all of the way.  Do you want your child to go to college?  Do you want them socializing with kids who have no plans to go? [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics