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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Not sure when anything was posted on Blackboard. We typically ask the teacher first; they respond to email questions typically by the next day. The teachers advised us that they had been working with the new curriculum extensively, and the within-year deliveries were basically just implementing details. Based on the kids' performance, that seems to have been the case -- performance was generally good. I realize that the PP obviously has some animus towards the ACPS system but what's posted above relies on "my friend the teacher says that something was posted late to a web site that isn't this one.". Sorry, no thanks. I'm a parent in the system. I see it first-hand daily. The criticisms posted above aren't just unfair, they're misleading. [/quote]

This is kind of funny.  "They've been working with the new curriculum extensively, and within-year deliveries were basically implementing details."  Seriously, a teacher responded in this fashion to you? What did you ask?  And not sure how you can say that because your kids' performance was generally good, that means it "seems to have been the case"...are you referring to transfer task grades, or CRT results, or just what grades have anything to do with the timeliness of the curriculum being given to the teachers?

I am the pp, and I have no animus towards ACPS.  I work in another district, and my friends work in ACPS.  They get their curriculum updates on Blackboard.  You know Blackboard, as your kids access it (and I assume you do too for grades and homework info).  I never said "a website that isn't this one"..why would the curriculum be posted here???

Teachers who are friends do talk to each other about the pros and cons of their respective districts, just as you parents do (here, and I assume in person when with friends).  My teacher friends in ACPS are dismayed by the curriculum, both its content and the fact that they didn't have time this summer to explore it, since it wasn't posted/given to them in a timely fashion.

I am glad that you feel all is fine, and that the curriculum is wonderful.  It means the teachers are somehow pulling it all off, despite not being given updates in a timely manner.  Just imagine how wonderful it would be if the district gave them a whole summer to prepare, for the next update.

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