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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent here. Here's what I want.

1. A standard curriculum with real, approved textbooks, workbooks, work sheets and none of that TPT comic sans bullshit that contains grammatical errors. I would like the instructional designers at FCPS to do their jobs so that my kid doesn't come home with worksheets created by a 22 year old who doesn't know what the hell she's talking about, but sure can buy some pretty clip art on Etsy.

2. Less testing and less preparation for testing.

3. Full weeks of school without random holidays and teacher workdays on Mondays and Fridays of the same week (put them where they make sense).

4. Better support for ESOL/SPED kids AS WELL AS those children who don't have special needs but are far behind their classmates. A parent shouldn't have to pay $5000 for someone to find a mild disability and then hire a lawyer or advocate in order for their child to get extra reading/math help. PLUS there are a lot of parents who can't afford to do that but their kids still need a little extra help. Not everyone can afford to spend the $1000/month on tutors that I do.

5. Actual discipline for children who are consistently misbehaving and disrupting class. There was a year when at least twice a week, half of someone else's class would have to pour into my child's classroom because of one kid. Why aren't schools removing the problem child so that the other kids can keep learning?[/quote]

I mean except for the holiday thing: where they would have to consult you to figure out what makes sense to yiu. Believe me not everyone would agree! The list is the same. 
Well there is the no more comics sans and bad clip art which just shows that you are a bit naive because you think there aren’t errors in published textbooks and work books. It is sort of refreshingly cute that you trust big companies like that. The misbehavior is really part of sped and that is why we are saying more support there.
I think there should be a study about holidays across age ranges. Sometimes for the little kids they are able to do so much better after a break. I don’t know if the mind synthesizes the information better when they take a break or if just because they are rested they can concentrate more but the first couple of days after a long weekend are teaching gold. You can get so much in. [/quote]

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