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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was a tough one because mcps doesn't support students. 
It shouldn't have been tough.
Spend your summer mentally and emotionally ally preparing for 3 worse years.
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How did it not support your student this year?[/quote]

Mcps operates under the theory that children are adults. There is a classroom. As many students can be squeezed into that classroom as space allows. Classes are as large as some college classes. If your student is motivated,  intelligent, has adult like executive functioning skills and had the social support and financial resources to take care of any short comings that prevent them from doing well- then they will do well
 If not- screw you, you lazy pos![/quote]

Wow! This has not been our experience at all. DS has disabilities and while I overall think MCPS sucks for special education, this is just so inaccurate. DS was never in a class as big as a college class. 30 kids? Sure. 32? Yep. But have you seen the size of college classes?  He had kind and caring teachers in the majority of classes over freshman and sophomore year. Were there some duds? You bet. I can think of a math teacher who didn’t believe he had a disability and wanted him to transfer out. He got a D.  The next semester his counselor made sure he had a supportive teacher and he turned that math grade around. Most teachers were very kind and patient. He was a mess at the start of freshman year. Missing work. Poor grades. Just lost! His teachers offered extra help. Made sure he had his accommodations. Gave him encouragement. He went from a C student freshman year to an A student sophomore year and he will tell you it’s because of his teachers and counselor. They spent the time to support him and cheer him on. MCPS has its shortcomings, especially at the top, but you are fooling yourself if you think that you won’t find that same ineptitude everywhere. [/quote]

Can i ask where your kid ended up getting into college? [/quote]

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