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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and I've have kids who have failed every subject.  You would think that would make them automatically fail the grade and have to repeat it.  You would be wrong.  Some of those kids will not be retained and will move on to the next grade against his/her teachers' objections.[/quote]

Is this because of "no child left behind?"[/quote]

I think so. My niece, who has failed classes throughout high school, managed to move to the next grade by taking summer school. She "passed" summer school although I didn't see any improvements. She can't spell, she can't do algebra, and she never uses punctuation because her teacher told her she doesn't have too.  :shock:

She is set to graduate this year. MCPS is releasing a poor performer into the world.

She doesn't have plans to go to college. She is thinking beauty school, so I guess MCPS recognized that it made no sense to spend a lot of resources on her because they knew it would be a waste.[/quote]

I think MCPS needs to be sure these children graduate with a full K-6 elementary education. I agree they do not need to overinvest in a child like this beyond interventions and summer school to get them up to graduating high school standards.[/quote]

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