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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I wonder about that too. Are parents expected to expand and/or improve the facilities? Or do regular maintenance? Review the curriculum? Provide in-class instructional support? Teacher training? Learning specialists? [/quote]

Yes to all if you are WOTP.  [/quote]

Bzzzt.   Wrong.   Exactly none of this is handled by parents in dcps.

CCDC parent [/quote]

Um, yes, we do a little bit of everything there, and a lot of some of it, except teacher training (although we've paid for some of that). Where've you been?

CCDC parent[/quote]

We don't set the curriculum. We don't tweak it.  We don't sit done with the 4th grade and present our recommendations for what we would prefer to see covered in history this year instead of what they have in mind.  (Curriculum)

No parent has ever, ever, in the history of dcps "expanded the [school] facility".

We don't replace the windows, service a balky boiler, install better lighting, shore up the bleachers, jackhammer the pavers and replace the blacktop.  We don't repoint the brick on the gym or get the ovens to work again. (Facilities maintenance)

There are no parent co-teachers in ward 3.  A guest lecture 1x a year about what journalists do does not count. No parents are "providing instruction" as that word is commonly understood.  Sitting around with the youngest pre-readers and sharing a book ... possibly.

As parents, we aren't permitted to serve as "learning SPECIALISTS" as that word is professionally defined.  I'd be pretty pissed if next year my dyslexic son had Julie, a SAHM until this falll, serving as his learning specialist under his IEP instead of, say, a credentialed professional trained certified by a board.

Where have you been?  Or was yours just a reading comp problem?  Parents pitch in a lot in these parts, but acting as engineers with heavy earth-moving equipment, they do not.   Ditto for curriculum development. [/quote]

Exactly, PP.  Thank you.  The self-righteousness of "Um yes we do a little bit of everything" is a real eye-roller.[/quote]

Clearly misunderstood you guys.  Was just talking about the things LSATs, SITs and volunteers do - I see you are talking about jobs of DCPS employees, so never mind. I'm an idiot. I'll go back to my own corner of the party now. [/quote]

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