Anonymous
12/12/2025 16:25
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:np. We have teachers at Longfellow that use those materials.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
No one is using 99% of the Covid materials. Try again.
+100, those materials aren’t even available anymore.
Well, you should let them know that the material that was created during Covid has been removed/updated countless times and they should go and pull down the new material.
You’re thinking about the canned lessons created by gatehouse for virtual learning. That’s not what I meant. I mean just using the computer in general for turning in work (submitting on schoology), finishing slides, creating something on canvas, creating a slideshow. Teacher rely too much on the computer now and that obviously was worse in the years after Covid. We even have elementary schools administering all math tests on the computer which is preposterous.
You have a gross misunderstanding of "lessons created during Covid" if you think digital literacy and digital proficiency lessons are "lessons created during Covid."
---> Submitting on Schoology= learning how to submit files digitally, which is a real-life skill.
---> Creating something on Canva= learning media literacy, use of text features for purpose or accessibility, and functional skills on a computer, all of which are real-life skills.
---> Creating a slideshow= learning presentation skills, evaluating main idea, adapting to audience and purpose, use of text features, and supporting a claim, all of which are real-life skills.
The best teachers are teaching using both paper and the computer, for both are important to learn to use effectively.
Those are pretty minor skills though and are fine for summarizing rather than being detail oriented.
I'd rather they read full books rather than passages.
Write out equations on paper.
Produce detailed information with original observations rather than sumarization.
Daily math, PE and foreign language class instead of block scheduling for those types of classes.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 16:05
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:np. We have teachers at Longfellow that use those materials.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
No one is using 99% of the Covid materials. Try again.
+100, those materials aren’t even available anymore.
Well, you should let them know that the material that was created during Covid has been removed/updated countless times and they should go and pull down the new material.
You’re thinking about the canned lessons created by gatehouse for virtual learning. That’s not what I meant. I mean just using the computer in general for turning in work (submitting on schoology), finishing slides, creating something on canvas, creating a slideshow. Teacher rely too much on the computer now and that obviously was worse in the years after Covid. We even have elementary schools administering all math tests on the computer which is preposterous.
You have a gross misunderstanding of "lessons created during Covid" if you think digital literacy and digital proficiency lessons are "lessons created during Covid."
---> Submitting on Schoology= learning how to submit files digitally, which is a real-life skill.
---> Creating something on Canva= learning media literacy, use of text features for purpose or accessibility, and functional skills on a computer, all of which are real-life skills.
---> Creating a slideshow= learning presentation skills, evaluating main idea, adapting to audience and purpose, use of text features, and supporting a claim, all of which are real-life skills.
The best teachers are teaching using both paper and the computer, for both are important to learn to use effectively.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 15:08
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:np. We have teachers at Longfellow that use those materials.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
No one is using 99% of the Covid materials. Try again.
+100, those materials aren’t even available anymore.
Well, you should let them know that the material that was created during Covid has been removed/updated countless times and they should go and pull down the new material.
You’re thinking about the canned lessons created by gatehouse for virtual learning. That’s not what I meant. I mean just using the computer in general for turning in work (submitting on schoology), finishing slides, creating something on canvas, creating a slideshow. Teacher rely too much on the computer now and that obviously was worse in the years after Covid. We even have elementary schools administering all math tests on the computer which is preposterous.
Those computer tests are to make sure all kids are taking the same exams across the County.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 14:52
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:np. We have teachers at Longfellow that use those materials.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
No one is using 99% of the Covid materials. Try again.
+100, those materials aren’t even available anymore.
Well, you should let them know that the material that was created during Covid has been removed/updated countless times and they should go and pull down the new material.
You’re thinking about the canned lessons created by gatehouse for virtual learning. That’s not what I meant. I mean just using the computer in general for turning in work (submitting on schoology), finishing slides, creating something on canvas, creating a slideshow. Teacher rely too much on the computer now and that obviously was worse in the years after Covid. We even have elementary schools administering all math tests on the computer which is preposterous.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 14:28
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:np. We have teachers at Longfellow that use those materials.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
No one is using 99% of the Covid materials. Try again.
+100, those materials aren’t even available anymore.
Well, you should let them know that the material that was created during Covid has been removed/updated countless times and they should go and pull down the new material.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 12:11
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
I have two kids at Carson, almost all of their work is on paper. Nobody is using online materials from 5 years ago. Your snowflake should have recovered from Covid right now.
Carson is unique in that sense - my older child went there and I was impressed with their paper use. However, my other child goes to Franklin and both English and History are majority digital. Science has done digital, some paper.
This is why I'm so pissed that the RIO parents want to send our children to Franklin. We love Carson.
+1
Anonymous
12/12/2025 12:06
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
I have two kids at Carson, almost all of their work is on paper. Nobody is using online materials from 5 years ago. Your snowflake should have recovered from Covid right now.
Carson is unique in that sense - my older child went there and I was impressed with their paper use. However, my other child goes to Franklin and both English and History are majority digital. Science has done digital, some paper.
This is why I'm so pissed that the RIO parents want to send our children to Franklin. We love Carson.
Franklin is also great. I've sent kids to both schools. Both are very good. There are excellent teachers at both schools, just as there are duds at both schools.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 12:04
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
I have two kids at Carson, almost all of their work is on paper. Nobody is using online materials from 5 years ago. Your snowflake should have recovered from Covid right now.
Carson is unique in that sense - my older child went there and I was impressed with their paper use. However, my other child goes to Franklin and both English and History are majority digital. Science has done digital, some paper.
Your Franklin student must have a different English, history, and science teacher than mine because almost everything in those three classes, for my child, is on paper. In English, they do Lexia and No More Red Ink on the computer, but their notes, assessments, stories, articles, and other work is on paper. History and science are almost 100% paper.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 08:04
Subject: What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My son is at Marshall now, but this was not his experience at Kilmer.
I had a kid at Kilmer/Marshall a while back, and it absolutely happened at Kilmer. The only time the kids ever saw the principal (she left a year later) was when she occasionally emerged to yell at the kids not to touch each other in the halls between classes.
My son is a freshman at Marshall so our experience is more recent. That said my son was in aap, so his experience may have been different.
Nope, your child's AAP experience was no different from any other child's experience. The AAP kids are some of the worst offenders at Carson, I imagine it is the same at every other middle school. "Advanced" academics has absolutely nothing to do with a child's maturity or lack thereof.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 07:57
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
I have two kids at Carson, almost all of their work is on paper. Nobody is using online materials from 5 years ago. Your snowflake should have recovered from Covid right now.
Carson is unique in that sense - my older child went there and I was impressed with their paper use. However, my other child goes to Franklin and both English and History are majority digital. Science has done digital, some paper.
This is why I'm so pissed that the RIO parents want to send our children to Franklin. We love Carson.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 06:29
Subject: What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My son is at Marshall now, but this was not his experience at Kilmer.
I had a kid at Kilmer/Marshall a while back, and it absolutely happened at Kilmer. The only time the kids ever saw the principal (she left a year later) was when she occasionally emerged to yell at the kids not to touch each other in the halls between classes.
My son is a freshman at Marshall so our experience is more recent. That said my son was in aap, so his experience may have been different.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 06:25
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
I have two kids at Carson, almost all of their work is on paper. Nobody is using online materials from 5 years ago. Your snowflake should have recovered from Covid right now.
I don't ever see my carson kid doing anything on paper other than a drawing for civics, but then again he never does homework at home.
I look at my kids binder from time to time. Outside at marvelling how every subject is in the wrong folder, I see a lot of paper in there. I know his math packets fro Geometry are paper and the Algebra packets last year where paper. I am sure they do some work on the computer but it seems like they do a lot on paper.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 06:23
Subject: What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what happened with the busses today?
A bunch were late, that is all I know and I only know that from the multiple emails that we got.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 00:51
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
I have two kids at Carson, almost all of their work is on paper. Nobody is using online materials from 5 years ago. Your snowflake should have recovered from Covid right now.
Carson is unique in that sense - my older child went there and I was impressed with their paper use. However, my other child goes to Franklin and both English and History are majority digital. Science has done digital, some paper.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 00:18
Subject: Re:What in the world is happening at Carson?
np. We have teachers at Longfellow that use those materials.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.
Nope. Get a new excuse.
Next!
We will get a new excuse when you stop using the online materials from virtual learning.
No one is using 99% of the Covid materials. Try again.
+100, those materials aren’t even available anymore.