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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are many posts about the atrocious (and I most definitely mean that word!) FCPS educational system.  If not for the high caliber parents living in Fairfax County, the schools in the system would have horrendous ratings.  Ask any given parent, whether in AAP or GenEd, what their kid(s) is doing in school this week in Math or Science or LA, you'll hear them regurgitate the teacher's "weekly email," but they won't actually be able to tell you what they are DOING in class.  I find it completely disturbing and whether you're in AAP or GenEd, it's just bad, period.  The entire School Board needs to get wiped out from their seats, and parents need to raise this as an issue to the larger BoS to get the attention of the folks who need to be paying attention to this issue.  We are only handicapping our kids if we keep implementing such a ridiculous "curriculum."

To the OP, while your child isn't the lowest in math, I totally understand where they are coming from--there's a culture of not wanting to be in the lowest group, especially among your peers.  So it doesn't really matter that your kids are in LIV math,  compared to their other LIV math peers, they feel they are at the bottom, and that is what concerns them.  If they are asking for help, you should provide it to them.  That may be in the form of Kumon/Mathnasium/RSM or private tutoring, or it could be a whole lot more parental involvement in homeschooling when they get home.  Crack open an online math book and help your kid get through the current and upcoming content in math.  You should be able to get that information from the teacher's weekly email.  If kids are interested in math, there's no shame in providing the extra math work outside of school.  There are a lot of naysayers on this board who are troubled by the outside coaching involved with kids in FCPS, but there's a reason why the highly educated crowd within the McLean or Langley (and other) pyramids do it--if the kids were being properly educated at FCPS (lower levels), most parents would let it be.  It's too late to try and catch them up in middle or high school, when the basics at the elementary level are weak.  [b]The students who succeed (and not necessarily by getting into TJ, but succeed generally at McLean High or well rated high schools) are the ones who received the extra foundational help in elementary school.[/b]  [/quote]

The highlighted above is simply not true.  My DD who is in AAP at a McLean school has never had math tutoring of any kind. She has always received 4s in math. [/quote]

Let us guess why your DD has always received 4s. Were you one of the room parents collecting gifts for the teacher? Were you sliding magic gift cards under the desk? Or your DD received tutoring from one of the school’s teachers (of course there’s conflict of interests)[/quote]

No, to all of the above. Never give teachers gifts. Never received extra help or tutoring from ANYONE. Perhaps my DD is just smart and gifted? [/quote]

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