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Anonymous wrote:She was arrested two weeks ago—she wasn’t put on administrative leave until the media broke the story!

Oh puke. What company on earth would do that?!? Manager breaks the law in an environment with children and they keep going to work!?!?

She didn't break the law in an environment with children, though. She broke the law (or, more accurately, she allegedly broke the law) IN A BAR.

WTF are you trying to argue? what a useless, pointless comment. And one that had nothing to do with what the PP even wrote.

I'm disgusted that a MCPS school worker smokes up and sells weed, and then I pay her and her pension benefits to teach the community of impressionable kids. Equally disgusted that the district continued to employ her until it went public. What a joke.

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What makes you think they knew about her arrest?

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Anonymous wrote:She was arrested two weeks ago—she wasn’t put on administrative leave until the media broke the story!

Oh puke. What company on earth would do that?!? Manager breaks the law in an environment with children and they keep going to work!?!?

She didn't break the law in an environment with children, though. She broke the law (or, more accurately, she allegedly broke the law) IN A BAR.

WTF are you trying to argue? what a useless, pointless comment. And one that had nothing to do with what the PP even wrote.

I'm disgusted that a MCPS school worker smokes up and sells weed, and then I pay her and her pension benefits to teach the community of impressionable kids. Equally disgusted that the district continued to employ her until it went public. What a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:5) math acceleration at all costs - pushed too much too soon

This isn't really something being pushed by MCPS; it's MCPS responding to all the tiger parents out there who insist on their kid taking calculus in 11th because they mistakenly think it's going to help with college placement or be necessary to enter a STEM field (which it isn't).

I disagree. I think if MCPS offered true honors/advanced tracking in math in ES and MS most parents would be perfectly happy keeping their kids "on level". If you have a kid who has advanced abilities in math, MCPS's answer is to immediately move them up a grade level (in the old curriculum you were moved up two grade levels). Why not offer grade level work with acceleration for those who can handle it? Instead of your 5th grader taking 6th grade level math, they'd be delving deeper into 5th grade math concepts/maybe doing more project-based work, having deeper discussions in class with other 5th graders who want to be challenged at math.

They do that. And DCUM complains about it.

This. Of course MCPS curriculum isn't perfect -- far from it -- but the fact is that most MCPS schools (and certainly the top performing ones) are among the best public schools in the country. We're talking within the top 5%. If you're not happy with the education your kid is getting, fight for improvements and supplement at home, but the idea that MCPS is some shit-hole is patently ridiculous.

No they're really not. They have a lot of smart kids that score well, but the schools aren't great. Massachusetts has good schools.

1. Massachusetts is a state, not a county or jurisdiction.
2. Maryland has good schools, that's why they are number 1
3. If you are a product of Massachusetts schools, I question their schools.

Who is spreading all this false information. MCPS is not top 5%. Maryland is not no.1. Actually the governor was just told by a study group that Maryland's education is very mediocre. MCPS is resting on a 20 year old reputation. Montgomery Blair's magnet program was and is still awesome. But I am not sure whether that won't watered down the way everything else is being watered down.

Not false information.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/articles/how-states-compare

For the third year in a row.
Now go seat your @$$ somewhere.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/696994.page Here is the most recent commission report to the Maryland legislature. Maryland schools are called "middle of the pack" in this report.

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Anonymous wrote:5) math acceleration at all costs - pushed too much too soon

This isn't really something being pushed by MCPS; it's MCPS responding to all the tiger parents out there who insist on their kid taking calculus in 11th because they mistakenly think it's going to help with college placement or be necessary to enter a STEM field (which it isn't).

I disagree. I think if MCPS offered true honors/advanced tracking in math in ES and MS most parents would be perfectly happy keeping their kids "on level". If you have a kid who has advanced abilities in math, MCPS's answer is to immediately move them up a grade level (in the old curriculum you were moved up two grade levels). Why not offer grade level work with acceleration for those who can handle it? Instead of your 5th grader taking 6th grade level math, they'd be delving deeper into 5th grade math concepts/maybe doing more project-based work, having deeper discussions in class with other 5th graders who want to be challenged at math.

They do that. And DCUM complains about it.

This. Of course MCPS curriculum isn't perfect -- far from it -- but the fact is that most MCPS schools (and certainly the top performing ones) are among the best public schools in the country. We're talking within the top 5%. If you're not happy with the education your kid is getting, fight for improvements and supplement at home, but the idea that MCPS is some shit-hole is patently ridiculous.

No they're really not. They have a lot of smart kids that score well, but the schools aren't great. Massachusetts has good schools.

1. Massachusetts is a state, not a county or jurisdiction.
2. Maryland has good schools, that's why they are number 1
3. If you are a product of Massachusetts schools, I question their schools.

Who is spreading all this false information. MCPS is not top 5%. Maryland is not no.1. Actually the governor was just told by a study group that Maryland's education is very mediocre. MCPS is resting on a 20 year old reputation. Montgomery Blair's magnet program was and is still awesome. But I am not sure whether that won't watered down the way everything else is being watered down.

Not false information.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/articles/how-states-compare

For the third year in a row.
Now go seat your @$$ somewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't view education as being confined to school. You just can't. Or your kids will suffer. I get that there are things you want to improve in the County schools. But I think you need to let go of not supplementing.

Op here.

Here's the thing: I went to private school (Catholic), and I received an excellent education. My parents didn't supplement...because they didn't need to.

We all know that 2.0 is crummy. The thread on former mcps students being so far behind when they move to other districts is appalling. The 2.0 defenders say that moving slowly and forcing kids to jump through multiple steps is better for them, but that simply isn't true. When will they admit their investment in 2.0 was a mistake?

The fact that parents must supplement is proof positive that mcps is subpar.

You can't compare how you were educated with the way kids should be educated today. It's an entirely different world. Tech heavy, spell check on every word processing software, heck even google will fix your errors when searching.

When I was in school in the 70's/80's, we learned by rote. That won't fly today. Kids need to focus on critical thinking skills, not diagramming sentences or learning math by rote.

If you learned by rote back then, I would say your school was unusual. Those were the days of open classrooms, new math and abandonment of phonics. Despite the fact that everyone talks about "critical thinking skills" now does mean that kids learn to think critically. First, kids DO need to just learn (or memorize) some things, including the basic skills AND then they need content knowledge on which to practice their thinking skills. In other words, they need to have something to think ABOUT, make connections, etc. It is apparent that many kids graduating today think that they are very educated, but they have little ability to form well-reasoned arguments, inch deep knowledge of history and the big ideas that formed the western tradition, very little understanding of our government, little grounding in grammar and strong writing, etc. Math is up in the air, as we are experimenting; science not sure either. Along the way, we also abandoned the idea that for some kids, vocational training is necessary for their survival. I'd say that overall, we are not better off now.

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone, I am the PP who mentioned religion as an added bonus. If you don’t want religion, find a secular school. That is the beauty of private school. If we don’t like something about it, we can take our tuition dollars to another school. Guess you don’t have that option in public, unless you sell your house of course. Sad.

Donald, stop tweeting!

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Anonymous wrote:She was arrested two weeks ago—she wasn’t put on administrative leave until the media broke the story!

Oh puke. What company on earth would do that?!? Manager breaks the law in an environment with children and they keep going to work!?!?

She didn't break the law in an environment with children, though. She broke the law (or, more accurately, she allegedly broke the law) IN A BAR.

I meant she works in an environment with children. Her judgement matters. Selling pot in a bar, getting caught and the school looking the other way until something trolls the police report?? Classy MCPS, classy.

And you making excuses and trying to change the subject or attempt to play semantics? Juvenile.
Keep your eye on the ball: MCPS employees are using and dealing pot and then counseling or teacher your children. Good stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:She was arrested two weeks ago—she wasn’t put on administrative leave until the media broke the story!

Oh puke. What company on earth would do that?!? Manager breaks the law in an environment with children and they keep going to work!?!?

She didn't break the law in an environment with children, though. She broke the law (or, more accurately, she allegedly broke the law) IN A BAR.

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I think the PP means that the person works in an environment with children, and is directly in contact with kids.

Not sure why you would think it's okay?

Anonymous wrote:while I'm waiting for the study that blasts MCPS, here are a few sources suggesting Maryland is not a shit-hole:

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/districts/montgomery-county-public-schools-104047

http://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-md-maryland-school-ranking-2-20170103-story.html <-- this article suggests the decline in MD public schools (from #1 to #5 in the nation) is driven primarily by the state's inability to service its increasing population of low-income students. however, despite that fall, it still ranks among the best.

Zero sum budget game sonny boy. Whilst the illegals suck down more money, average kids get shafted and cohesive families get nickel&dimed supplementing.

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Anonymous wrote:She was arrested two weeks ago—she wasn’t put on administrative leave until the media broke the story!

Oh puke. What company on earth would do that?!? Manager breaks the law in an environment with children and they keep going to work!?!?

She didn't break the law in an environment with children, though. She broke the law (or, more accurately, she allegedly broke the law) IN A BAR.

Anonymous wrote:She was arrested two weeks ago—she wasn’t put on administrative leave until the media broke the story!

Oh puke. What company on earth would do that?!? Manager breaks the law in an environment with children and they keep going to work!?!?