Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many thank you’s to the poster who attended the Blair meeting tonight. I’d love to see MCPS have a whole school magnet program similar to the TJ program in Northern Virginia. I’m also interested in MCPS following after many successful school districts such as those in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut. I’m excited to hear about the report in June 2019. I hope someone else will be able to make it to the Clarksburg session in February and the Richard Montgomery session in April 2019. In this way parents on here can compare notes of what’s being said at each session by Dr. Navarro and MCPS higher ups. As parents we need to hold them accountable in every way.

Do you mean small wealthy non diverse towns with one or two Hugh schools and no gap to focus on?

Half of BETHESDA wouldn’t do private school if MCPS was like those stellar public school districts. Kids are learning and challenging themselves there so well. MCPS will never be as good as a smaller town-led public school district with involved, educated parents.

So half of Bethesda wouldn't do private school if the MCPS public school population mirrored the private school population that they have chosen for their kids? Good to know. Those small districts post "stellar" numbers because they are not in the same school system with the poor communities near them. And, you should go to the BOE public meetings where students testify. Our students all over the County are "learning and challenging themselves so well." They are speaking passionately, articulately, and persuasively about the issues in their schools and the experiences that matter to them and their classmates. Go to the meeting and you will be impressed by the student speakers.

Anonymous wrote:220 schools and multi billion budget and four weather zones and 500 Sq miles is a “huge public school district” in this country and any country. Up there below la, nyc, fairfax.

Most school districts have 10-20 total schools. Maybe being more local can better serve the interests of the unique student body.

That poster was talking about modeling mcps on successful schools in NJ, CT and MA " I’m also interested in MCPS following after many successful school districts such as those in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut." They are not huge county schools.

Most large districts magnet programs can serve 5% of students, that is common in urban areas with educated families.
MCPS does 1%, gives everyone its “one size fits all” special Curriculum 2.0 it paid itself to make up back in 2010. Good stuff indeed.

220 schools and multi billion budget and four weather zones and 500 Sq miles is a “huge public school district” in this country and any country. Up there below la, nyc, fairfax.

Most school districts have 10-20 total schools. Maybe being more local can better serve the interests of the unique student body.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many thank you’s to the poster who attended the Blair meeting tonight. I’d love to see MCPS have a whole school magnet program similar to the TJ program in Northern Virginia. I’m also interested in MCPS following after many successful school districts such as those in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut. I’m excited to hear about the report in June 2019. I hope someone else will be able to make it to the Clarksburg session in February and the Richard Montgomery session in April 2019. In this way parents on here can compare notes of what’s being said at each session by Dr. Navarro and MCPS higher ups. As parents we need to hold them accountable in every way.

Do you mean small wealthy non diverse towns with one or two Hugh schools and no gap to focus on?

Of course there will be a gap web. There are uneducated illiterate parents in the same huge country public school system with graduate school parents.

County needs to Teach To Potential each and every student. Not just the bottom— for which it also provides free medical and dental exams, counseling, 3 meals a day and weekends, free before and aftercare, free summer school, extra teachers, etc.
Results (proficiency scores) show all this extra money and attention and resources = same lousy scores

I am not sure what you mean by huge country public schools.. I have lived in CT is a successful school system. The term "Achievement Gap" never came up. The only non-English speakers were kids that had parents that worked for multi-nationals. The graduation and college rates were over 90%. I do not think it would be appropriate for MCPS to use them as a roll model. I also think the size of MCPS allows options unavailable in a small town. There are no magnets/special programs/IB options. Not enough kids. You can not treat a 26 HS community and a 1 HS community the same way.