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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know..I have posted on here a few times in favor of the system. Tried to explain the upsides and was shouted down. I am not the principal. I have a junior in APs in Madison and so far, the kids seem to understand the system fine and do well.

I can see why some of you don't care for it, but it is beyond willfully ignorant to yell that those of who do are shills or don't have kids or whatever.

And insisting that ALL or even most JMHS parents are frothing mad is wrong

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There's more than one person on this thread who thinks the negative reactions to SBG are over-stated; or at least not representative of everyone.  The posters who hate SBG are unwilling to consider that possibility.

Plenty of kids are able to adjust to it.  Also, as a parent, I don't get involved in knowing what the rubric is for each assignment.  That's my kids' job.  I give teachers enough respect to allow them to do their job (teaching and assessing), and I don't feel the need to [b]micromanage what the teacher is doing or what my kids are getting for grades.  [/b]We are o.k. with the outcomes.  Grades are not controlling our household or mental health.  It's freeing, really.  [/quote]

So maybe the micromanaging parents are the people who are So Furious! about this change. 
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I think I care because I tend to be a person who values equity and fairness. So a system that disadvantages an entire high school in college admissions just irritates me. If this is extended to all of FCPS, I’d be fine with it. I just can’t stand that it is just a few schools in the county who are dealing with this. [/quote]

That’s bizarre.  If you think Liz Calvert is a dope trying to curry favor with Michelle Reid by embracing a grading policy at Madison you think is a bad idea, you should try to get her to reconsider or to get her fired. Instead, you just want everyone to be as miserable as you are and then call it “equity.” [/quote]

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