Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The people who forced the schools to close for a very long time during the COVID era are the most to blame. The second most to blame are the people who have prioritized equity politics above the learning needs of students. The third most are the people who don’t allow the district to be split up to smaller, more manageable districts. The needs of students in Potomac and Wheaton are so different, on average, it would be better to have a district focused solely on local communities.

Yes. We could have AP classes in Potomac and the Wheaton students could get industry certifications in house cleaning and cooking, and do paid internships at Potomac homes.
Win-Win.

That’s basically the structure of the new regional program model! Poor kids can go to CTE programs for low-wage careers and rich kids get preferential seats at competitive arts and humanities programs in their home schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people who forced the schools to close for a very long time during the COVID era are the most to blame. The second most to blame are the people who have prioritized equity politics above the learning needs of students. The third most are the people who don’t allow the district to be split up to smaller, more manageable districts. The needs of students in Potomac and Wheaton are so different, on average, it would be better to have a district focused solely on local communities.

That’s basically the structure of the new regional program model! Poor kids can go to CTE programs for low-wage careers and rich kids get preferential seats at competitive arts and humanities programs in their home schools.

Yes. We could have AP classes in Potomac and the Wheaton students could get industry certifications in house cleaning and cooking, and do paid internships at Potomac homes.
Win-Win.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people who forced the schools to close for a very long time during the COVID era are the most to blame. The second most to blame are the people who have prioritized equity politics above the learning needs of students. The third most are the people who don’t allow the district to be split up to smaller, more manageable districts. The needs of students in Potomac and Wheaton are so different, on average, it would be better to have a district focused solely on local communities.

That’s basically the structure of the new regional program model! Poor kids can go to CTE programs for low-wage careers and rich kids get preferential seats at competitive arts and humanities programs in their home schools.

Yes. We could have AP classes in Potomac and the Wheaton students could get industry certifications in house cleaning and cooking, and do paid internships at Potomac homes.
Win-Win.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people who forced the schools to close for a very long time during the COVID era are the most to blame. The second most to blame are the people who have prioritized equity politics above the learning needs of students. The third most are the people who don’t allow the district to be split up to smaller, more manageable districts. The needs of students in Potomac and Wheaton are so different, on average, it would be better to have a district focused solely on local communities.

The main impact of this would be significantly more per pupil spending in Potomac and Bethesda and significantly less in Wheaton, Silver Spring, Gaithersburg etc.

The county or state could raise taxes to fund poor areas while still allowing local management.

Anonymous wrote:Can you stop?

You lose credibility when you post repeatedly, crying wolf. The majority of MCPS parents are not on DCUM, and are fine with MCPS. It's free with taxes, after all.

I know every time a thread is posted bashing MCPS, a lot posters love to jump on the bandwagon, but the reality is that this is usual for anonymous message boards. They create echo chambers.

Of course MCPS has systemic problems. But
stop saying "it's failing".

I have young adults and teens now, but when they were preschoolers, someone was already screaming on MCPS that it was failing and in a critical situation. And yet, MCPS managed to educate my kids, deal with the IEP of one kid, and send the other to a magnet. Not bad for a system on its deathbed for the past 20 years.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's any one factor, but curicullum 2.0 really set off a domino effect that the district has not recovered from.

Yup. Which was a Jerry Weast initiative continued by Josh Starr.

Really? I thought that was a Josh Starr-initiated effort.

No, Starr inherited it from Weast.

Starr was widely liked by parents as teacher, but not the BOE. That was a real turning point for mcps.

Administrators who worked with Starr most did not like him. He was all theory and absolutely no action.

I remember that Starr wanted to spend his first year as superintendent on a listening tour. omg, so lame. No leadership, all fluff.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people who forced the schools to close for a very long time during the COVID era are the most to blame. The second most to blame are the people who have prioritized equity politics above the learning needs of students. The third most are the people who don’t allow the district to be split up to smaller, more manageable districts. The needs of students in Potomac and Wheaton are so different, on average, it would be better to have a district focused solely on local communities.

The main impact of this would be significantly more per pupil spending in Potomac and Bethesda and significantly less in Wheaton, Silver Spring, Gaithersburg etc.

Anonymous wrote:The people who forced the schools to close for a very long time during the COVID era are the most to blame. The second most to blame are the people who have prioritized equity politics above the learning needs of students. The third most are the people who don’t allow the district to be split up to smaller, more manageable districts. The needs of students in Potomac and Wheaton are so different, on average, it would be better to have a district focused solely on local communities.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's any one factor, but curicullum 2.0 really set off a domino effect that the district has not recovered from.

Yup. Which was a Jerry Weast initiative continued by Josh Starr.

Really? I thought that was a Josh Starr-initiated effort.

No, Starr inherited it from Weast.

Starr was widely liked by parents as teacher, but not the BOE. That was a real turning point for mcps.

Administrators who worked with Starr most did not like him. He was all theory and absolutely no action.

Anonymous wrote:It’s everywhere. The public school model broke post-cold war. Add tech and internet, then more emphasis on standardized testing and common core which sucks the joy out of learning. And what worked in school in 1983 doesn’t work now because the real world is completely different — but school hasn’t changed for the times. (Nor have buildings - the average age of a us public school is over 50 years old.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you stop?

You lose credibility when you post repeatedly, crying wolf. The majority of MCPS parents are not on DCUM, and are fine with MCPS. It's free with taxes, after all.

I know every time a thread is posted bashing MCPS, a lot posters love to jump on the bandwagon, but the reality is that this is usual for anonymous message boards. They create echo chambers.

Of course MCPS has systemic problems. But
stop saying "it's failing".

I have young adults and teens now, but when they were preschoolers, someone was already screaming on MCPS that it was failing and in a critical situation. And yet, MCPS managed to educate my kids, deal with the IEP of one kid, and send the other to a magnet. Not bad for a system on its deathbed for the past 20 years.

Yes “most” but most adults read below
a 6th grade level at this point, if you don’t have low standards and want your kid in a acceptable environment you’re gonna see what’s wrong with MCPS and public schools to a greater extent this late in the game. Mediocrity and the resting on laurels MCPS has been doing is not enough for a lot of people.