Anonymous
11/26/2024 23:36
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Anonymous wrote:Question to OP; is your child attending Parkland MS? I am asking because this is one of the options I am considering for my child, who is very interested in math. I am wondering why you think of RMHS. RMHS is not one of DCC, or the closest HS to Parkland. I think they should go to either Wheaton HS (closest DCC HS) or Blair HS (as I assume many kids from TPMS coming to take Math). Can you please share the response from your magnet coordinator if you receive it? TIA
You could also see if another MS offers it. Loiederman in the past did, not sure about now.
Anonymous
11/26/2024 23:35
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It was fine. There was a bus back to his middle school after. He got out of gym every other day.
Was Math his first class of the day in HS and then he got bussed? Skipping gym would be fine but we don't know what the first class would be.
They tweak your kid's schedule so that math is their first period.
OP here. In all high schools, is Math always the first period? That doesn't change?
My kid is in a block schedule MS so it would be 3 days Math in one week and 2 days Math the following week at MS. Period 1 would be from 8:15am -9:45am
I checked our home high school and the schedule says 7:45 to 8:37 for first period.
My kid goes down county for MS but we live up county and normally it takes 50 minutes by bus with traffic and stops. Which high school would my kid go to - our home high school or the one where the MS feeds into? There are 2 high schools near that middle school which should be more like a 20 min drive in traffic.
This is a specific question for your magnet coordinator. If there are other kids with the same need for a 1st period HS class they typically all go to the same one that’s near the MS, then get bussed back to the MS. You would be responsible to get your kid to the HS on time.
The high schools will have 1st period sections of a course specifically to accommodate any MS students. The MS schedule typically has the 1st period as the “same” class, but kids go to the media center until 2nd period. Since your MS is block scheduled, you have to ask your magnet coordinator what they typically do. When my kid was MS, the other first class was PE.
Thank you. This makes sense. If the kids have different high schools for home school it makes sense if they all go to one high school near the DCC school for the Math and then get bussed to the MS from there. I looked at all the bus routes for DCC magnet programs and looks like Richard Montgomery has so many buses from various parts of the county. It would make sense if these MS kids all go there from their home ES, MS or HS bus stops that go to RM, and then all these kids go back to their MS after the Math class. My guess is this is what they will do if there are multiple kids. I will check with the magnet coordinator. If this is how it would work, my kid will have to be at the bus stop 15 min earlier than current schedule so it wouldn't be that bad.
After talking with the teacher, I became worried about how my kid could handle all this and suggested staying back but my child still wants to move up in spite of all these cons. Academically I think my child would do just fine but it is these other issues that I became concerned about. It would be ideal if they offered the class through the virtual academy at the DCC middle school instead of all this bussing. At our ES, there was this one kid who took higher level Math classes with an online tutor from the media center, instead of being bussed.
They did offer this through the MVA but they didn't offer it to outside like they did for compacted math. It would make so much more sense.
Anonymous
11/26/2024 22:02
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Anonymous wrote:Question to OP; is your child attending Parkland MS? I am asking because this is one of the options I am considering for my child, who is very interested in math. I am wondering why you think of RMHS. RMHS is not one of DCC, or the closest HS to Parkland. I think they should go to either Wheaton HS (closest DCC HS) or Blair HS (as I assume many kids from TPMS coming to take Math). Can you please share the response from your magnet coordinator if you receive it? TIA
Which grade is your child in?
Anonymous
11/26/2024 11:21
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Question to OP; is your child attending Parkland MS? I am asking because this is one of the options I am considering for my child, who is very interested in math. I am wondering why you think of RMHS. RMHS is not one of DCC, or the closest HS to Parkland. I think they should go to either Wheaton HS (closest DCC HS) or Blair HS (as I assume many kids from TPMS coming to take Math). Can you please share the response from your magnet coordinator if you receive it? TIA
Anonymous
11/26/2024 00:29
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It was fine. There was a bus back to his middle school after. He got out of gym every other day.
Was Math his first class of the day in HS and then he got bussed? Skipping gym would be fine but we don't know what the first class would be.
They tweak your kid's schedule so that math is their first period.
OP here. In all high schools, is Math always the first period? That doesn't change?
My kid is in a block schedule MS so it would be 3 days Math in one week and 2 days Math the following week at MS. Period 1 would be from 8:15am -9:45am
I checked our home high school and the schedule says 7:45 to 8:37 for first period.
My kid goes down county for MS but we live up county and normally it takes 50 minutes by bus with traffic and stops. Which high school would my kid go to - our home high school or the one where the MS feeds into? There are 2 high schools near that middle school which should be more like a 20 min drive in traffic.
This is a specific question for your magnet coordinator. If there are other kids with the same need for a 1st period HS class they typically all go to the same one that’s near the MS, then get bussed back to the MS. You would be responsible to get your kid to the HS on time.
The high schools will have 1st period sections of a course specifically to accommodate any MS students. The MS schedule typically has the 1st period as the “same” class, but kids go to the media center until 2nd period. Since your MS is block scheduled, you have to ask your magnet coordinator what they typically do. When my kid was MS, the other first class was PE.
Thank you. This makes sense. If the kids have different high schools for home school it makes sense if they all go to one high school near the DCC school for the Math and then get bussed to the MS from there. I looked at all the bus routes for DCC magnet programs and looks like Richard Montgomery has so many buses from various parts of the county. It would make sense if these MS kids all go there from their home ES, MS or HS bus stops that go to RM, and then all these kids go back to their MS after the Math class. My guess is this is what they will do if there are multiple kids. I will check with the magnet coordinator. If this is how it would work, my kid will have to be at the bus stop 15 min earlier than current schedule so it wouldn't be that bad.
After talking with the teacher, I became worried about how my kid could handle all this and suggested staying back but my child still wants to move up in spite of all these cons. Academically I think my child would do just fine but it is these other issues that I became concerned about. It would be ideal if they offered the class through the virtual academy at the DCC middle school instead of all this bussing. At our ES, there was this one kid who took higher level Math classes with an online tutor from the media center, instead of being bussed.
Anonymous
11/25/2024 23:00
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It was fine. There was a bus back to his middle school after. He got out of gym every other day.
Was Math his first class of the day in HS and then he got bussed? Skipping gym would be fine but we don't know what the first class would be.
They tweak your kid's schedule so that math is their first period.
OP here. In all high schools, is Math always the first period? That doesn't change?
My kid is in a block schedule MS so it would be 3 days Math in one week and 2 days Math the following week at MS. Period 1 would be from 8:15am -9:45am
I checked our home high school and the schedule says 7:45 to 8:37 for first period.
My kid goes down county for MS but we live up county and normally it takes 50 minutes by bus with traffic and stops. Which high school would my kid go to - our home high school or the one where the MS feeds into? There are 2 high schools near that middle school which should be more like a 20 min drive in traffic.
This is a specific question for your magnet coordinator. If there are other kids with the same need for a 1st period HS class they typically all go to the same one that’s near the MS, then get bussed back to the MS. You would be responsible to get your kid to the HS on time.
The high schools will have 1st period sections of a course specifically to accommodate any MS students. The MS schedule typically has the 1st period as the “same” class, but kids go to the media center until 2nd period. Since your MS is block scheduled, you have to ask your magnet coordinator what they typically do. When my kid was MS, the other first class was PE.
Anonymous
11/25/2024 22:38
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It was fine. There was a bus back to his middle school after. He got out of gym every other day.
Was Math his first class of the day in HS and then he got bussed? Skipping gym would be fine but we don't know what the first class would be.
They tweak your kid's schedule so that math is their first period.
OP here. In all high schools, is Math always the first period? That doesn't change?
My kid is in a block schedule MS so it would be 3 days Math in one week and 2 days Math the following week at MS. Period 1 would be from 8:15am -9:45am
I checked our home high school and the schedule says 7:45 to 8:37 for first period.
My kid goes down county for MS but we live up county and normally it takes 50 minutes by bus with traffic and stops. Which high school would my kid go to - our home high school or the one where the MS feeds into? There are 2 high schools near that middle school which should be more like a 20 min drive in traffic.
Anonymous
11/25/2024 21:38
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It was fine. There was a bus back to his middle school after. He got out of gym every other day.
Was Math his first class of the day in HS and then he got bussed? Skipping gym would be fine but we don't know what the first class would be.
They tweak your kid's schedule so that math is their first period.
Anonymous
11/25/2024 21:36
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Anonymous wrote:It was great, OP, because my kid is a naturally early riser, so didn't mind waking up earlier for the first period of high school. Then she was bused to her middle school for second period and didn't miss anything.
No worries, go for it!
They were 3 kids on the bus, all going to the same math class.
Anonymous
11/25/2024 21:35
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
It was great, OP, because my kid is a naturally early riser, so didn't mind waking up earlier for the first period of high school. Then she was bused to her middle school for second period and didn't miss anything.
No worries, go for it!
No worries, go for it!
Anonymous
11/25/2024 21:29
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
For our local middle school all kids who need HS math or foreign language go first period and then get a bus to the MS for the rest of the day.
They don’t miss anything except sometimes morning announcements. They do have to get up earlier and spend some time in the media center until 2nd period starts.
They don’t miss anything except sometimes morning announcements. They do have to get up earlier and spend some time in the media center until 2nd period starts.
Anonymous
11/25/2024 16:41
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
Anonymous wrote:It was fine. There was a bus back to his middle school after. He got out of gym every other day.
Was Math his first class of the day in HS and then he got bussed? Skipping gym would be fine but we don't know what the first class would be.
Anonymous
11/25/2024 16:34
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
It was fine. There was a bus back to his middle school after. He got out of gym every other day.
Anonymous
11/25/2024 16:30
Subject: If your MS child was bussed to a HS..
..for an advanced Math class in 8th grade, what were the sacrifices your child had to make? What were the challenges you had? Was the benefit worth the missing out portions of your kids classes while they were bussed? Did your kid miss having lunch with friends or riding the bus with friends? How did your kid handle being alone on the bus?
I am trying to weigh the pros and cons with my kid before deciding.
I am trying to weigh the pros and cons with my kid before deciding.