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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I'm seeing on THIS THREAD is ... C.R.A.Z.Y.  Full stop crazy.

My kid is doing just fine.  I'm not worried about what Madison is going to do for the kids who are close to failing out and need to be given more help to stay in school.  Doesn't affect my kid.  Kid is fine with the SBG.  Does not see the big deal that you all are painting as a picture of dysfunction.

I understand that people can and do have opinions about things in their kids' lives... but the intensity and vitriol shown on here, as well as at the PTA mtg (and in the minutes) is just ... I don't even know what to call it other than ridiculously over the top.  So freakin' dramatic.

Like all the phases and trends in education... they come and they go.  They aren't the Main Thing.  They might be distractions.  They might be genius.  But, they aren't going to change much about my kid's experience or what s/he learns.  By the time kids are in HS -- esp. the upper levels -- their class content is what it is.  I don't need to micro-manage the grading system.

If teachers have issues with it, then they can talk to the admins.  But, as a parent with a kid who is doing just fine, I don't need to start picketting the school and writing all kinds of nasty-grams on DCUM about the sky falling down.

And really... the whole "you must be from Gatehouse" or "you HAVE TO BE an administrator" is getting trite.  Expand your mind to consider that some people actually DON'T have the same opinions that you have.  Maybe that's not how it has been done in your very narrow little social circles... but, surprise, surprise.... some people don't agree with you.  Doesn't make their opinions less genuine just because you can't fathom the possibility of dissent.[/quote]

Kindly suggest you ask this post be taken down and resubmit without the PTA reference. The comments at the PTA meeting were from a current student sharing their experience. I don’t think it is fair to call what was said as vitriolic (not even close). [/quote]

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