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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??[/quote]

Oh, my dear, [b]you know nothing[/b]. I live in Bethesda, where half my friends and neighbors send their kids to privates and half send their kids to MCPS.

100% of the kids end up having a tutor at some point. Some to get ahead and stay ahead, and some for remediation.

As I've explained many times before, tutoring and supplementation are mostly correlated with family wealth. Not whether the family is in private or public. Except now in recent years, there's a growing industry of remote tutoring, as posters have mentioned, that brings down the cost of virtual tutors considerably. But near my house, there's Prep Matters where you can get a senior tutor at $250/hr. I paid for one of those for my kid with severe ADHD and dyscalculia! Worked out well, actually ;-)

Public school cannot make wealth differences disappear, PP. That's impossible. This happens in every country, even ones in Europe and Asia with much better social services than the US.

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That tells a lot about the kind of parents MCPS has. Eye opening hook sentence.[/quote]

PP you replied to. Sorry, I've raised two kids through the MCPS system and it boggles my mind that some parents don't understand basic socio-economic dynamics. Did that poster seriously believe that somehow, just because it's public school, all kids have equal access to education?

Public school is the concept that every resident minor has a right to *an* education. It doesn't guarantee that kid a good education - even though MCPS and FCPS come mighty close to it, and have a great reputation for trying to reach struggling students. The rest is up to the parents and the kid. And if the kid has needs that are difficult to manage, and/or if the parents aren't involved or don't have the home stability or the funds to provide a good educational framework for their child... the public school system might not rescue that kid. It can't work miracles.

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Our school refuses any kind of help for our struggling child.  [/quote]

I find this hard to believe but if so then a phone call and letter to CO is warranted.[/quote]

How do you find it hard to believe?  The VP and psychologist who never met my child showed up 5 minutes before the meeting ended (one in her car) and said everything was fine.  A teacher even said the child needed help.  This is MCPS.  The only way to get help is hire an advocate and I'd rather use that money for tutoring.[/quote]

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