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[quote=Anonymous]To the 8:20 post from jaded mom.

I'm not offended by your advice. Your sentiment is right of course but I honestly don't think it is possible to change the system. However, I can vote -- with my feet. My best friend tried to fight the system at NPS, but she lost. It is perfectly logical that systems don't change unless there are enough people demanding that it does. The staff, the administration, the curriculum -- everything -- is alligned to deliver a particular product. You can buy it and if you don't someone else will.

As for advocating for my child. What am I supposed to advocate? Hey, don't adopt standards that are so high that you need to give almost a fifth of the kids extra help? I would sound crazy. The system is organized to deliver extra help to a set number of kids each year. The school does not put any weight on the fact that segregating children into the "help-needed" group and the "okay kids" group affects self-esteem. Perhaps it doesn't -- and then what the school is doing doesn't really matter. But I find children to be remarkably aware of what their peers are doign and how they stack up against them.

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