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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to get the parents involved. If parents can't or won't be involved, the school will never get better for most of those kids. [/quote]

Involved, how?[/quote]
DP.. [b]care about the kids' education. [/b]Make sure the kids do their HW and tell the kids to get a good education.  A parent doesn't necessarily have to be able to help with HW, though that definitely helps.  MCPS provides Saturday school and summer classes for struggling students. I took a math summer class once in MS (not in MCPS). It enabled me to take more advanced math class in HS.

I grew up low income with parents who didn't speak English. And I was a latch key kid.[/quote]

[b]Most parents care about their kids' education, don't they?[/b][/quote]

Oh yes - definitely talk to teachers about how most parents care about their kids’ education. Putting your head in the sand is not going to solve this issue.[/quote]

When my kids were at at a Focus ES, the teachers talked all the time about how there are a number of parents who don't give a crap about education. It wasn't uncommon for a teacher to never hear back from a parent even after multiple attempts to reach out to them. I was also on the PTA board and we used to hold free Math tutoring events, free Science after school programs, etc. and I hate to say it, but it was the same handful of well-to-do families who would participate. BUt when we did have the fun events like the school dance, fall festivals, those were always a packed house. So to say that most parents here care about their kids education is to me quite idealistic. Of course, what parent would say that they don't. BUt ACTION speaks louder than words. We now go to a different ES (not a title 1 or Focus school) and the level of involvement from parents compared to where we were is like night and day.  [/quote]

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