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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I alluded to this in another thread, but if MCPS were to simply offer an ELC of sorts for MS students, this would eliminate a lot of the “do or die” high stakes competition + lottery for the MS magnet that has even fewer seats than CES.

It would not take a rocket scientist to teach a MS “ELC” class—most of those teachers currently teaching English for MS I’m sure would be able to step up the rigor.

Before ELC was extended to most ESs, CES was a big deal, but now it’s probably preferable to do ELC in your home school because it is not in a higher poverty school. Honestly I’m relieved my kid is not going to their designated CES because the school looks like it’s in a trailer park and my parents would have been alarmed for their grandkid.[/quote]

I mean, let's leave aside the gross nature of your last sentence for a minute and focus on the "ELC for MS" idea. MCPS had that until about four years ago. Honors English was different than grade-level English and the Honors English kids were asked to read and analyze higher level texts. Then, they got it into their heads that Honors English was inequitable, so they made all section of English into "Honors" through grade 10. So, your options are Honors English, Honors English for English Language Learners, and Honors English for Inclusion.

Rather than whinging about kids taking MAP 6+, I really wish the parents on this board would get their heads in the game and focus on something that MCPS might be willing to reconsider. [/quote]
Following this line of reasoning, offering AMP 6+, Math 6, AIM would also be inequitable. Why is only math in MS offered at different levels, and that is considered equitable, but somehow offering ELA at different levels is inequitable? This makes no sense.

The trailer park remark was a bit coarse but really the poster was being direct. If you could choose to live, eat, go to school somewhere, it would probably not be in that area.[/quote]

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