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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please.  NP here, but the PPs that talked about how hard it is to accommodate kids who have never held a book and kids that are reading fluently in kindergarten are absolutely correct.  I know it's not politically correct--and I am a Dem--but it is impossible to deal with kids who don't speak English, whose parents are not literate in their native languages, who are traumatized by what has happened or is going on at home, who face poverty or homelessness, and/or who have serious behavioral issues, and also accommodate the typical middle class kid. [b] And God forbid that typical kid is quiet and well-behaved (especially a girl), because that kid will be ignored entirely.[/b]

My DD spent most of early elementary school at her Title I school stuck in a corner doing worksheets and reading quietly while the teacher dealt with behavioral issues and offering remedial instruction.  DD qualified for AAP, but even at her Level IV center the classes are overcrowded, and there are numerous behavioral issues.  I went to an underfunded, high poverty public school in the South, and my education was superior to what I am seeing in FCPS.  Not impressed.[/quote]

Bingo.[/quote]

Re: the bolded -- I don't agree with the especially the girls part.  There are several programs geared towards girls (girls on the run, girls stem).  I do agree that (and witnessed) quiet, well-behaved, average students left alone to work for long stretches (days) without working with teachers.  My own DCs' teachers have admitted that to me.  FCPS is stretched so much it isn't serving a lot of students well.[/quote]

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