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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students wants it, Parents wants Financial Literacy as a graduate requirements. Student rep on the board member also made a case for financial literacy at the meeting comparing to Frederick County Schools where it is a graduation requirements. But Someone at the meeting said due to demographic differences, they compare MCPS to PG county schools not Frederick county schools. It looks like they are driving MCPS on same disastrous path of PG county schools.

So, now demographics determine what kids learn at MCPS schools? Interesting.

Those who did not watch the meeting, spend your 15 minutes to watch that segment.[/quote]

Parents want the kids to learn financial literacy but not an extra class required for graduation. In one of your prior posts, you mentioned the ones who need it the most are least likely to take it. Make it count as a math credit option so those who want to take it can.  Seriously, don’t take away the limited electives the kids already have.  Some want to take Chorus/ Drama for 4 years, some want to take shop, some want to take DP APs.  [/quote]

That was a different poster (of course, who can tell on am anonymous board?); I'm the one who mentioned the population most in need is that least likely to pay attention to anything not required.

The point was that there was an opportunity to ensure financial literacy via a requirement, but one that could be met a variety of ways -- a class (Quantitative Literacy already exists and counts towards the 4-year Math requirement), a teat-out or well-defined extracurricular activites (some of which could also provide SSL hours towards graduation).  This way, there would be no need to miss a desired elective (e.g., Drama), which was the overwhelming objection.

Even seeing that, though, either they didn't put the pieces together to figure it out (as O'Looney nearly was able to do on the fly during the meeting) or they failed to present that with any robustness that would allow the BOE to adopt it.  Not sure what those on the BOE who more clearly didn't support the idea were worried about (who knows...adding a requirement close to election time?), but they clearly clung to the PG example (have to see how it goes there, first; we're less like Frederick) and the worry about electives, and that was the clear tenor of the presentation, even more so than the MCPS recommendation memo, itself.[/quote]

I could support the requirement with a test out option.  [/quote]

or if they make it a 1 semester class and shorten health back to 1 semester so they stop adding these silly requirements that average students grasp without a class.[/quote]

Again, the state of MD just mandated two semesters of Health.[/quote]

too many silly requirements[/quote]

Start writing to your state legislator and the state Department of Education. Piling on extra Health and a lot of extra testing ... [/quote]

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