Anonymous wrote:I was told by the math teacher that if my kid cannot take one session only. It must be 2 sessions. Otherwise he would start the class all over again in 9th grade. Is that right? Can he take health just the first session and do the second session next summer?

Yes, you can split health over 2 summers.

I was told by the math teacher that if my kid cannot take one session only. It must be 2 sessions. Otherwise he would start the class all over again in 9th grade. Is that right? Can he take health just the first session and do the second session next summer?

There's a bit more information posted on the site now. Looks like the virtual classes (health and tech) meet every day M-Th of the sessions, for 9 total classes of 1.5 hours each (13.5 hours total). This is a change from previous years, where they met for 8 sessions over ~3 weeks (note every day) for 1.25 hours each time (10 hours total). And all the virtual sessions are in the evening, starting at 7:15 PM.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

They still don't have the locations for in-person posted, but that also looks like 9 days also (M-Th) from 8-2:30 each day.

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Anonymous wrote:Today my kid’s counselor refused to let them take health over the summer. The counselor apparently said, “No, you’re not doing that because it isn’t free. That would cost $700.”

So tired of emailing MCPS to call them out for being incompetent.

Its actually a sliding scale - did you email them and say you are ok paying?

I need my blood pressure to return to normal before I email the counselor. It’s been a long year with this school and their missteps.

Anonymous wrote:Today my kid’s counselor refused to let them take health over the summer. The counselor apparently said, “No, you’re not doing that because it isn’t free. That would cost $700.”

So tired of emailing MCPS to call them out for being incompetent.

Its actually a sliding scale - did you email them and say you are ok paying?

Anonymous wrote:Today my kid’s counselor refused to let them take health over the summer. The counselor apparently said, “No, you’re not doing that because it isn’t free. That would cost $700.”

So tired of emailing MCPS to call them out for being incompetent.

What?! How is that up to the counselor to decide?

Today my kid’s counselor refused to let them take health over the summer. The counselor apparently said, “No, you’re not doing that because it isn’t free. That would cost $700.”

So tired of emailing MCPS to call them out for being incompetent.

I wish they would update the site with the list of high schools so I could see if it is doable for my kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Summer school is only 2 weeks per session?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

July 7: First day of classes for Session 1

July 21: Last day of Session 1 courses


July 23: First day of Session 2 courses

August 6: Last day of Session 2 courses

I don't know that it is a whole lot shorter than past. They always had a class session off for a holiday and the final class was not required unless you needed to speak to the teacher.

I don’t love how they split the week. I signed my kid up for something the week of July 20th thinking it would overlap with one of the two sessions and he would do the other session. Unfortunately it seems to overlap with both of the summer sessions due to how they did the dates this year, so now he can’t do either session due to one single week’s conflict.

Kid can't sign up for the evening session for the one evening of session 2?

No, without going into too much detail, the conflict is in a different time zone and not in a place where kid could stop and do a synchronous zoom. Like a group overnight hiking/camping situation.

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Anonymous wrote:Summer school is only 2 weeks per session?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

July 7: First day of classes for Session 1

July 21: Last day of Session 1 courses


July 23: First day of Session 2 courses

August 6: Last day of Session 2 courses

I don't know that it is a whole lot shorter than past. They always had a class session off for a holiday and the final class was not required unless you needed to speak to the teacher.

I don’t love how they split the week. I signed my kid up for something the week of July 20th thinking it would overlap with one of the two sessions and he would do the other session. Unfortunately it seems to overlap with both of the summer sessions due to how they did the dates this year, so now he can’t do either session due to one single week’s conflict.

Kid can't sign up for the evening session for the one evening of session 2?

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Anonymous wrote:Summer school is only 2 weeks per session?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

July 7: First day of classes for Session 1

July 21: Last day of Session 1 courses


July 23: First day of Session 2 courses

August 6: Last day of Session 2 courses

I don't know that it is a whole lot shorter than past. They always had a class session off for a holiday and the final class was not required unless you needed to speak to the teacher.

I don’t love how they split the week. I signed my kid up for something the week of July 20th thinking it would overlap with one of the two sessions and he would do the other session. Unfortunately it seems to overlap with both of the summer sessions due to how they did the dates this year, so now he can’t do either session due to one single week’s conflict.

Anonymous wrote:Summer school is only 2 weeks per session?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/central-high-school-summer-school-program/

July 7: First day of classes for Session 1

July 21: Last day of Session 1 courses


July 23: First day of Session 2 courses

August 6: Last day of Session 2 courses

I don't know that it is a whole lot shorter than past. They always had a class session off for a holiday and the final class was not required unless you needed to speak to the teacher.

I don't understand why you're linking her free time to her summer classes, OP. Isn't it a great thing that for now everything is going so well that she doesn't need to spend hours studying?
Would you rather have a less quick-witted child who labors endlessly?

Pay for the summer class, because this is what competitive kids do who want to add more electives to their schedule. My 10th grader took health in the summer before 9th grade, so that she could go double period STEM APs and all the rest of the APs plus her 4-year music elective.

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Anonymous wrote:I predict that the in person summer school attendance rate will be lower than the school year. One class for too long plus the summer distractions. If attendance doesn’t affect passing then I would show up either. I’d show up for the first day or two and then only come for assessments. MCPS teachers are lazy.

You said that students won't attend because class is too long and summer distractions. Please explain how that relates to your comment that teachers are lazy.


I hope more students start passing classes on first attempt in order to avoid summer school.

If you want kids to pass on the first attempt, then struggling students will need a lot more support. Some teachers will provide it, most will not.

Many kids take it as a graduation requirement so they can take other classes during the year.

In some cases, they just need to go to class ....

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Anonymous wrote:I predict that the in person summer school attendance rate will be lower than the school year. One class for too long plus the summer distractions. If attendance doesn’t affect passing then I would show up either. I’d show up for the first day or two and then only come for assessments. MCPS teachers are lazy.

You said that students won't attend because class is too long and summer distractions. Please explain how that relates to your comment that teachers are lazy.


I hope more students start passing classes on first attempt in order to avoid summer school.

If you want kids to pass on the first attempt, then struggling students will need a lot more support. Some teachers will provide it, most will not.

Many kids take it as a graduation requirement so they can take other classes during the year.