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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This workshop is really good. [/quote]

What did they say? [/quote]

A lot. It was content rich.

the PTA leaders reviewed outcomes for MCPS students (grades vs standardized test scores didn’t match — many kids who get good grades are not meeting grade-level standards in standardized tests). Discussed importance of a standards-aligned curriculum and implementation with fidelity. It does not seem like MCPS has either for secondary schools, based on chat comments. ES will have a new curriculum next year.

MCPS gave an overview of the updated English 9 curriculum, which is clearly not on grade level. Includes several middle-grade graphic novels, and there is maybe one book in each marking period on grade level (and no guarantee students will read those). This is for “honors” English. Really disappointing, but at least parents know about it.

They said they will be putting it online at some point, and I would encourage people to watch. [/quote]

I'm confused. You said it was a good meeting even though MCPS officials confirmed our English 9 curriculum is not on grade level and offered no solutions or plans to remedy what they admit to be a problem?[/quote]

It wasn’t an MCPS meeting. It was a PTA meeting. [b]It did a good job of highlighting what the problems are and how to fix them[/b].[/quote]

This to me is the problem. That is NOT a good meeting. The issues highlighted have been highlighted for a long time. Evelyn Chung has been sounding the alarm about how our curriculum is NOT on grade level for years.

If MCPS officials are going to show up, they should be showing up with plans and remedies for the problem. Not just acknowledging a problem that has been repeatedly brought up time and time again. This is a failure on the part of the PTA and why people become disillusioned with them. They don't hold MCPS's feet to the fire.[/quote]

Well it was a good meeting for me. I am not an expert and this was illuminating. [/quote]

Also it is not the PTA’s job to hold MCPS’s feet to the fire. Even if they wanted to, they don’t have the power to do it. That is the BOE’s job. [/quote]
The PTA is an advocacy group. Of course they can advocate directly to MCPS.[/quote]

They do advocate. This workshop was part of that advocacy. Get parents aware of the issues with the curriculum and implementation problems, so they can engage and advocate for more rigor to MCPS.

Nevertheless, the PTA is not the oversight body for MCPS. It is the BOE that should be conducting oversight and, as PP called on them PTA to o, “hold MCPS’s feet to the fire.” The BOE clearly is not, but that is not the PTA’s fault. [/quote]

As an advocate, who holds considerable weight and influence, yes I expect them to hold MCPS's feet to the fire. That means not letting them get away with coming to a meeting they're organizing and holding with no progress or solutions.[/quote]

Maybe you should get involved then. [/quote]

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