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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or we could stop measuring everyone's worth by their PARCC and SAT scores.

Somewhere I imagine Hispanic parents sitting around asking themselves what's wrong with all these UMC white parents. Why can't they clean their own houses and do their own home renovations? Why do they make their kids spend so much time on travel sports and so little time at church? And when will they learn Spanish already?[/quote]

Are you freaking kidding me? My Hispanic husband is insisting that we move because he's not happy with our home schools' GS ratings. [/quote]
I don't think you are the demographic for Saturday School, then.  We have plenty of highly-educated Hispanic families in our part of west Bethesda.  And, they do plenty of enrichment and ECs with their kids. You would fit right in.

The question of who cleans our houses and mows our lawns and renos our homes, is a big one.  The schools are not responsible for that.

I agree SAT scores should not mean much, if you do not intend to go to college.  But, our schools don't have a vocational track, do they?[/quote]

There is no vocational "track," but there is [b]Thomas Edison for anyone who wants to pick up trade skills[/b] [i]while[/i] completing their HS degree.  
Saturday school is not for any demographic, anyone can use it for reasonably priced tutoring typically by MCPS certified teachers.  
SAT scores have limited meaning even for the college bound--sure you need the correct threshold to even be considered at a given school but there isn't a number on a scrap of paper that guarantees anyone anything, tie-breaker at best.[/quote]

This program is totally inadequate.  First, there are too few spaces.  Next, they place many academic requirements on the programs, so kids that are functionally illiterate like some of our new immigrants (and unfortunately some long time MCPS students) cannot get into the programs.  There is an effort to have "21st century vocations" but if you have a kid who is a poor reader and cannot do higher level math, they will not go to college and they are not accepted into Thomas Edison.  MCPS turns them out of the system with preparation for NOTHING.  It is frightening for them and for society.[/quote]

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