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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS is headed by a woman now, but there's a paternalistic vibe that parents cannot possibly understand the complexity of their job leading a school district.  To some extent that's true - managing such a large school district with such diverse needs is a big complicated job.  For the most part, though, we can manage our own kids, and MCPS should not fall back on their paternalistic attitude for all, but rather should save the paternalism for the parents who need extra help.  [/quote]
Nah. They just get exhausted dealing with parents trying to micromanage the day to day operation of a large enterprise.[/quote]
And yet, they continually just seemingly make things up as they go along without public communication until after the fact and then just barely.

How exactly are students determined eligible for the CES lottery and how is it run? Why is it that no one outside of MCPS knows the answer to this exactly precisely and why hasn't MCPS felt the need to communicate this with parents?

How do they plan to teach math next year if they did not cover a full year of curriculum this year? Why won't MCPS communicate this to parents?

It's really exhausting being an MCPS parent when they lack transparency about basic things.[/quote]

I think this is well-articulated. Add to it different offerings at different schools (this is a problem for ES, MS, & HS), and it is confusing and frustrating to parents. All of our ES's schools are big enough to offer ELC for example. Why do MS's have different curriculum offerings? Why is access to foreign languages, computer classes, and highest level math different across our county HS's. It doesn't make sense. The lackluster curriculum is tough at the ES and MS levels for a kid who wants to do advanced work but is not "gifted". I think we should get rid of all "test-in" gifted programs at this point and focus on offering enrichment at the individual school level for kids who qualify.[/quote]

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