Reply to SWW - Letters of Recommendation

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "SWW - Letters of Recommendation"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI, this is still happening.

To make a long complicated story short, I caught and corrected an incorrect teacher email address over a week before the first interviews, but was told it was too late for the rec to be included. SWW entered an alternate “average score” in its place and admitted that no one who has one true rec and one “average score ever gets an interview.

It’s a mess. The system is broken enough in its best form, we don’t need to put up barriers to making it as fair as possible. And I’m ok if my child doesn’t get an interview based on their two genuine teacher recommendations, but I’m not ok with random numbers being added and a decision being based on those.

So be warned…

1. Only some families are notified of missing recommendations.
2. There is no monitoring of undelivered teacher emails.
3. The MSDC portal allows correction of teacher email address without indicating the portal is closed or that no request will  be sent.
4. The recommendation deadline (apparently Feb 9 this year) is not published or communicated to families (except in the reminder email that only some families received)
5. MSDC and SWW provide conflicting information regarding school discretion to accept a recommendation outside the portal.[/quote]

We followed up judiciously with all recommenders and even allowed them to bow out if they did not have enough time to complete the recommendation.  We had backups available.

We followed up with the schools to ensure they have received the child's application and all supporting documents including recommendations.  We were okay with rejection.  We were not okay an error.  All of the institutions are overwhelmed but responsive.

My child has a 100% interview record for the application schools they applied to which is what we expected and all I can ask for.

Maybe the process weeds out people who don't believe in personal responsibility.  The Pentagon is only a few miles away full of our brightest minds in the nation who will teach you to take personality responsibility in every and all situations.  Life if rarely fair and people who succeed don't make excuses.  This application process mirrors real life IMHO.[/quote]

Did your child do all this follow up or did you? If you, then it actually says nothing about your child, the actual applicant.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics