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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP have you done a conference with the math teacher to get their impression? I would schedule one now and ask about whether special needs might be an issue this sounds like it is beyond what would happen with a crappy curriculum. [/quote]

Why does everyone think OP’s kid has special needs??  Seriously, have you seen the PARCC math scores for poorly performing schools where majority of kids are scoring 1 and 2’s?  They are way, way below grade level.[/quote]

Because it is possible.[/quote]

If this was the case why no one at school has talked to Op about it?[/quote]

Probably because the school isn't very good-- that part of OP's story is completely credible. Schools sometimes avoid identifying special needs because then they'd have to provide services.

It's just a bit rich to send your child to a school you're unhappy with, refuse to talk with the teachers at all, and accuse the *school* of being lackadaisical and the *child* of being lazy. OP needs to see her role in this.[/quote]

+1. Our Title 1 has math, ELA, and Spanish intervention specialists and is taking post-COVID learning loss VERY seriously, particularly for OP’s grades who missed K-2. There’s a small cohort of high achieving kids, and a very large cohort of kids that are really struggling. But not all schools are the same and I don’t doubt that OP’s school may let things slide if OP has never raised her concerns. Particularly for current fourth graders that did foundational years virtually, parents have to advocate and participate in getting their kids caught up. If OP’s school culture discourages that, it’s a bad school. Not because it’s a Title 1 or because OP’s kid is behind, because it’s a school more concerned with taking the easy way out and letting kids fail. [/quote]

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