Anonymous wrote:My kids aren't in a W school.

What were you thinking?!?

You gotta fix that quick!

My kids aren't in a W school.

I haven't been in a Starbucks in years, and I'm not sure what you are trying to say with that comment, pp. Are you trying to imply that I'm lazy? I assure I am not. I have a demanding job and value education. I attended catholic school and received an excellent education. Sadly, I can't afford private school for my handful of kids. I have a fifth grader who is in the 2.0 guinea pig class, and I'm terrified about making the transition to middle school. Simply put: mcps does not prepare students with the basic skills to be a successful student. Elementary students never have to study to prepare for a test, and yet they are magically expected to do that for multiple subjects once they enter MS. In private school, you learn those skills from the get go. Mcps doesn't formally teach vocabulary, and yet it has it's own category on report cards. Grammar was a subject when I was in school; in mcps, "grammar" is a worksheet completed independently during the reading block when your kid isn't meeting with the teacher for 15 minutes of reading group.

I don't mind helping my kids with homework. But I am beyond annoyed that I have to teach my kids basic foundational skills that should be taught in school.

My Kindergartner doesn't even have school today or tomorrow due to orientation... which was basically wasted parent time when we went last year.

Really, I heard "W" cluster kids invented cold fusion today and then walked on water in PE.

Anonymous wrote:Teaching my kids grammar and how to write correctly because they aren't being taught basic skills at school is annoying IMHO.

I'm also annoyed that I have to teach my kids how to study and prepare for tests before middle school because they don't teach elementary students how to do that.

The lines at Starbucks must drive you batty.

Teaching my kids grammar and how to write correctly because they aren't being taught basic skills at school is annoying IMHO.

I'm also annoyed that I have to teach my kids how to study and prepare for tests before middle school because they don't teach elementary students how to do that.

Anonymous wrote: I have to supplement at home...which is annoying.

Teaching your kid is annoying? W school?

My kid watched a movie, which is fine with me. Half the class was absent.

You do realize that they really don't learn much at mcps on a good day, right? I have to supplement at home...which is annoying. I went to private school and my parents never had to teach me at home. Our classes were larger too.

Anonymous wrote:Because it was Take Your Child To Work Day, the 80% of kids that did come in watched movies and basically did nothing all day. And no homework either. What a bunch of BS. Do these kids ever learn?

So obviously, since this happened in one classroom, your conclusion is that this was the case everywhere. In my classroom, instruction continued. Good teachers will modify their instruction to make it work. Don't make assumptions.

All three of my children had a "normal" school day today. MCPS Elementary.

Anonymous wrote:That fades eventually. No one does that in high school, at least not at ours.

Yes, but today was PARCC testing so there was wasted instructional time for that. Same thing tomorrow.
Seems like it's always something...

That fades eventually. No one does that in high school, at least not at ours.

It is a parents choice to take their kids out for take your child to work day. Can't blame MCPS

Because it was Take Your Child To Work Day, the 80% of kids that did come in watched movies and basically did nothing all day. And no homework either. What a bunch of BS. Do these kids ever learn?