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My school in MCPS has a lot of FARMs children and I think the PTA is concerned about things that do affect all of the children regardless of income. For example nutrition in the cafeteria. It is the low income children who are more likely to be eating hot lunches and they are more in need of good nutritious food.

As for the chrome book issue at Rolling Terrace. I don't agree that Chrome books are especially good for children without computers at home. The concern of the PTA is too much screen time. I think lower income kids actually watch more television than the higher income children. The MCPS information sent home for new Kindergarten families actually recommends limiting screen time at home. And yet the kids watch movies, shows and animated lessons on the smart boards. In addition to that some of these kids have televisions in their bedrooms and stay up late watching things like (the walking dead and Law and Order SVU) both shows my DS came home from Kindergarten asking about. So I think there may be disagreement about screen time but I do not think it is fair to say that the fight about screen time is only important to high income children. There are studies showing time and time again that screen time isn't good for developing brains.

I just don't understand how the PTA is vilified for trying to help. Think about the state of the PTA without the immersion program.[/quote]
I think you missed the issue surrounding the chrome books.  Yes, low income kids can watch a lot of tv. But, they don't have access to computers, and now a days, kids need to know how to use computers.  Having a chrome book in the school gives these low income kids exposure to computers that they otherwise don't get at home.  That's why the low income parents were happy to have the chrome books in school.[/quote]

PP here. I am not missing that point. I am saying that the PTA believes it is representing everyone. I definitely understand the alternative argument. I would argue however that chrome books are not the solution. Real computers are which are what people need to word process and eventually in an office. The PTA seems okay with the regular computers which are in classrooms and the computer lab. What I have heard about the chrome books is that the kids often play games on them in class! The main point of the chrome books are for testing. There were and are regular computers for the kids to use. Chrome books like iPads are essentially toys.[/quote]
?  You need to pull yourself into the 21st century.  Everything is done in the cloud now, including word processing.   "Real computers" are becoming obsolete.  I work in high tech, and everything is moving to cloud computing.   The hardware is just a shell.

Kids use chromebooks for research in class.  It teaches them how to type, to use the internet, a to use a computer in general.  I have volunteered in my DC's 2nd grade class and have seen them use it for this purpose.[/quote]

My husband is IT and that's not true.  For professional use, many things are in cloud, but not for home use yet.  We have cloud for storage only.[/quote]

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