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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PSA: there is a person that monitors the SBG Madison threads just to derail the discussion. The person has a vested interest in SBG. If you engage with this person, you are only helping her. She never makes any good points or backs up anything she’s saying except to link to the Madison video.

The reaction of almost every parent to SBG is at a minimum to question why this change was necessary. And then why it’s being implemented at a handful of schools. High school is when everything is really supposed to matter and FCPS should not be experimenting on some students and placing them at a disadvantage to other students when it comes to college admissions. I think this could lead to  future lawsuits. [b]I know many Madison parents with kids at OOS schools because their kids can’t get into VT or JMU.[/b] I don’t appreciate Madison admin and Reid making the college process harder and more stressful for our kids.[/quote]

Where's the proof that Madison kids' grades are superficially lower than they otherwise would be?  And that they have been shut out of schools that they would have been admitted to if they went to another FCPS school?  Seems like you are anticipating a negative outcome that hasn't happened.

By your own statement, you ALREADY know people whose JMHS kids did not get into VT and JMU (under the former grading system that you prefer).  So, the old grading system wasn't helping them get into those schools.  And they made the choice to pay OOS tuition rather than go to ... gasp... GMU or VCU or CNU or UMW.

There are a LOT of kids all over northern VA that can't get into VT; less true for JMU, but yes, I know kids from other FCPS HSs that didn't get into JMU to the chagrin of their alumni parents.  Life is tough all over and it's harder to get into many state schools.  There are simply more people applying and the common app makes it easier to apply to more colleges.

Ultimately, it seems that you are worried about college admission for your kid, and whether s/he will be competitive.  It's a legitimate concern... but can cross over into anxiety if you let it.  At this point, do you have any evidence that your kid is being harmed?  If it is just being applied this year, and the grades aren't final until the end of the year, how can you be so sure that your kid is disadvantaged? [/quote]

My evidence that the grades are lower are from the studies that have been done on SBG and personal anecdotes. The schools has not provided any data, despite parent requests, of how grading has been impacted. Until it does, I assume it has lowered grades at the top and raised them at the bottom, just as it is supposed to. [/quote]

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