Anonymous
03/27/2025 23:07
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??
Oh, my dear, you know nothing. I live in Bethesda, where half my friends and neighbors send their kids to privates and half send their kids to MCPS.
100% of the kids end up having a tutor at some point. Some to get ahead and stay ahead, and some for remediation.
As I've explained many times before, tutoring and supplementation are mostly correlated with family wealth. Not whether the family is in private or public. Except now in recent years, there's a growing industry of remote tutoring, as posters have mentioned, that brings down the cost of virtual tutors considerably. But near my house, there's Prep Matters where you can get a senior tutor at $250/hr. I paid for one of those for my kid with severe ADHD and dyscalculia! Worked out well, actually
Public school cannot make wealth differences disappear, PP. That's impossible. This happens in every country, even ones in Europe and Asia with much better social services than the US.
That tells a lot about the kind of parents MCPS has. Eye opening hook sentence.
PP you replied to. Sorry, I've raised two kids through the MCPS system and it boggles my mind that some parents don't understand basic socio-economic dynamics. Did that poster seriously believe that somehow, just because it's public school, all kids have equal access to education?
Public school is the concept that every resident minor has a right to *an* education. It doesn't guarantee that kid a good education - even though MCPS and FCPS come mighty close to it, and have a great reputation for trying to reach struggling students. The rest is up to the parents and the kid. And if the kid has needs that are difficult to manage, and/or if the parents aren't involved or don't have the home stability or the funds to provide a good educational framework for their child... the public school system might not rescue that kid. It can't work miracles.
Our school refuses any kind of help for our struggling child.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 23:06
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Go private.
Unless you're at Poolesville or a W, you're at a crap school and you should go private. 100% agree.
Most of us cannot afford that. Tutoring is cheaper.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 23:05
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:It's great if schools have the resources to get tutors for students who need them. Not all families have the resources for tutoring services even if they are not lower SES
Mcps used to offer free tutoring for all. Few used it. Our school has no resources for help. My kid is struggling, teachers don’t grade it respond, several are barely there this year, random curriculum and we were refused an iep. So what other option do we have but tutor?
Anonymous
03/27/2025 23:04
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??
Equity? Be real. There is no such thing as equity. Mcps greatly caries by school. Those of us at not so well rated schools don’t get the same classes and learning experiences so we are on our on. We have teachers who barely teach and tell the kids to watch videos and others who are absent more than there.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 22:59
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:Go private.
Unless you're at Poolesville or a W, you're at a crap school and you should go private. 100% agree.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 22:41
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
It's great if schools have the resources to get tutors for students who need them. Not all families have the resources for tutoring services even if they are not lower SES
Anonymous
03/27/2025 22:13
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??
Oh, my dear, you know nothing. I live in Bethesda, where half my friends and neighbors send their kids to privates and half send their kids to MCPS.
100% of the kids end up having a tutor at some point. Some to get ahead and stay ahead, and some for remediation.
As I've explained many times before, tutoring and supplementation are mostly correlated with family wealth. Not whether the family is in private or public. Except now in recent years, there's a growing industry of remote tutoring, as posters have mentioned, that brings down the cost of virtual tutors considerably. But near my house, there's Prep Matters where you can get a senior tutor at $250/hr. I paid for one of those for my kid with severe ADHD and dyscalculia! Worked out well, actually
Public school cannot make wealth differences disappear, PP. That's impossible. This happens in every country, even ones in Europe and Asia with much better social services than the US.
That tells a lot about the kind of parents MCPS has. Eye opening hook sentence.
PP you replied to. Sorry, I've raised two kids through the MCPS system and it boggles my mind that some parents don't understand basic socio-economic dynamics. Did that poster seriously believe that somehow, just because it's public school, all kids have equal access to education?
Public school is the concept that every resident minor has a right to *an* education. It doesn't guarantee that kid a good education - even though MCPS and FCPS come mighty close to it, and have a great reputation for trying to reach struggling students. The rest is up to the parents and the kid. And if the kid has needs that are difficult to manage, and/or if the parents aren't involved or don't have the home stability or the funds to provide a good educational framework for their child... the public school system might not rescue that kid. It can't work miracles.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 22:00
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??
The school offers tutors. And kids have significant opportunities to get supplemental assistance from teachers.
People can try to demean MCPS as much as they want. But the fact is that there are tons of resources.
For ALL?
Anonymous
03/27/2025 21:30
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??
Oh, my dear, you know nothing. I live in Bethesda, where half my friends and neighbors send their kids to privates and half send their kids to MCPS.
100% of the kids end up having a tutor at some point. Some to get ahead and stay ahead, and some for remediation.
As I've explained many times before, tutoring and supplementation are mostly correlated with family wealth. Not whether the family is in private or public. Except now in recent years, there's a growing industry of remote tutoring, as posters have mentioned, that brings down the cost of virtual tutors considerably. But near my house, there's Prep Matters where you can get a senior tutor at $250/hr. I paid for one of those for my kid with severe ADHD and dyscalculia! Worked out well, actually
Public school cannot make wealth differences disappear, PP. That's impossible. This happens in every country, even ones in Europe and Asia with much better social services than the US.
That tells a lot about the kind of parents MCPS has. Eye opening hook sentence.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 21:28
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??
Oh, my dear, you know nothing. I live in Bethesda, where half my friends and neighbors send their kids to privates and half send their kids to MCPS.
100% of the kids end up having a tutor at some point. Some to get ahead and stay ahead, and some for remediation.
As I've explained many times before, tutoring and supplementation are mostly correlated with family wealth. Not whether the family is in private or public. Except now in recent years, there's a growing industry of remote tutoring, as posters have mentioned, that brings down the cost of virtual tutors considerably. But near my house, there's Prep Matters where you can get a senior tutor at $250/hr. I paid for one of those for my kid with severe ADHD and dyscalculia! Worked out well, actually
Public school cannot make wealth differences disappear, PP. That's impossible. This happens in every country, even ones in Europe and Asia with much better social services than the US.
Wut? Who is talking about private vs public?
Anonymous
03/27/2025 21:25
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??
The school offers tutors. And kids have significant opportunities to get supplemental assistance from teachers.
People can try to demean MCPS as much as they want. But the fact is that there are tons of resources.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 21:23
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??
Not true
Anonymous
03/27/2025 21:22
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Anonymous wrote:To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??
Oh, my dear, you know nothing. I live in Bethesda, where half my friends and neighbors send their kids to privates and half send their kids to MCPS.
100% of the kids end up having a tutor at some point. Some to get ahead and stay ahead, and some for remediation.
As I've explained many times before, tutoring and supplementation are mostly correlated with family wealth. Not whether the family is in private or public. Except now in recent years, there's a growing industry of remote tutoring, as posters have mentioned, that brings down the cost of virtual tutors considerably. But near my house, there's Prep Matters where you can get a senior tutor at $250/hr. I paid for one of those for my kid with severe ADHD and dyscalculia! Worked out well, actually
Public school cannot make wealth differences disappear, PP. That's impossible. This happens in every country, even ones in Europe and Asia with much better social services than the US.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 21:21
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
Focus on the person your child is becoming not which classes they are taking.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 21:04
Subject: Seniors and families: your MCPS experience
To the posters saying get tutors, hasn't the school system failed if that many students are needing tutors? Whether it's $8 or $100 an hour, how is this okay? Equity??