Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 16:18     Subject: For Class of 2025 taking Health A this summer
It is more of a problem for some kids than others. Any kind of special program gets messed up.with this extra half credit class.

I think the state person in charge of Health curriculum is Lea.Jaspers@maryland.gov

Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 16:08     Subject: Re:For Class of 2025 taking Health A this summer
Anonymous wrote:It’s a state requirement so you need to contact someone at the state level. I forgot her name but I
Complained because my kid had her 4 year schedule mapped out and throwing in another half year class is forcing her to choose amnother half year class she isn’t interested. Not to mention at that time, the curriculum wasn’t even prepared.


Hate to tell you but the 4 year schedule will probably get changed along the way because of conflicts/filled classes/unofffered classes. It is not the end of the world...
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 15:55     Subject: Re:For Class of 2025 taking Health A this summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s a state requirement so you need to contact someone at the state level. I forgot her name but I
Complained because my kid had her 4 year schedule mapped out and throwing in another half year class is forcing her to choose amnother half year class she isn’t interested. Not to mention at that time, the curriculum wasn’t even prepared.


It shouldn’t be required for 2025 kids for this reason.


1000 percent


I thought the state person, whoever it was, told PP to pound sand with that suggestion.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2022 07:33     Subject: Re:For Class of 2025 taking Health A this summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s a state requirement so you need to contact someone at the state level. I forgot her name but I
Complained because my kid had her 4 year schedule mapped out and throwing in another half year class is forcing her to choose amnother half year class she isn’t interested. Not to mention at that time, the curriculum wasn’t even prepared.


It shouldn’t be required for 2025 kids for this reason.


1000 percent
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2022 21:33     Subject: Re:For Class of 2025 taking Health A this summer
Anonymous wrote:It’s a state requirement so you need to contact someone at the state level. I forgot her name but I
Complained because my kid had her 4 year schedule mapped out and throwing in another half year class is forcing her to choose amnother half year class she isn’t interested. Not to mention at that time, the curriculum wasn’t even prepared.


It shouldn’t be required for 2025 kids for this reason.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2022 21:32     Subject: Re:For Class of 2025 taking Health A this summer
It’s a state requirement so you need to contact someone at the state level. I forgot her name but I
Complained because my kid had her 4 year schedule mapped out and throwing in another half year class is forcing her to choose amnother half year class she isn’t interested. Not to mention at that time, the curriculum wasn’t even prepared.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2022 21:15     Subject: For Class of 2025 taking Health A this summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is your student's plan to tackle Health B? Take it this upcoming Fall semester? Wait for next summer and take it in person? Wait to take it virtually after Junior year?


I am hoping enough of the class of 25 parents complain vociferously, so that MCPS feels pressure to move up the timeline. The current plan is not workable.


Its workable. You just don't like it.


It's a stupid requirement, and the current planned roll-out for the class is a "pick your poison" model. MCPS is not making it easy. The choices are waste extra time over the summer in-person, waste a schedule slot and take it in school, or overload the schedule and take it online during the year. Even the Central Summer School classes cause conflicts with other, more valuable, ways to spend time in the summer.


I really don’t understand what the state was thinking with this requirement, but if they were going to force a quick implementation, was there no curriculum in place? It’s taking MCPS a whole year to have a class ready.