Subject: [Mpls] Career Pathways for 8th Graders in MPS
It is always interesting to see how parents perceive changes in the school
district regarding learning styles and quote the "SLC" curriculum. Do you
all know Barton School and its reputation today. Barton is classified as an
open school and a merger between Lake Harriet Open School (Fulton Open) and
Harrison Open. When Lake Harriet Open School first started, the turnover
was extremely high.
(CM)
Quit selling parents short. They looked they disliked and they moved on.
Why, because the parents did not understand the concept
or have the patience to see what would happen to their child as the school
began to identify itself. It needed time to develop its own personality and
learn how to became the school it is. Just like a human who does not have
an indentifiable personality when born. Now look at Barton, one of the top
schools in the city. I believe that we have to give "SLC" a chance to
develop itself and see how the students achieve in later life.
(CM) Is it just me just getting a headache reading this?
Why do so
many people jump the gun and judge after only 1 or 2 yrs.
(CM) By the logic established in this post, jumping around every two years
shouldn't hurt the child.
The curriculum changes every two years.
The name of the schools change every two years.
The program structures change every two years.
The time schedules change every two years.
The Principals change every two years.
The bus schedules change every two years.
The mad scientists who get the "New idea of the biennium " change every two
years.
Where I have my eldest now is going to change very little between now and
when my youngest starts school.
The school my eldest goes to, is very similar to the one I attended. Not
physically, but classroom and curriculum wise.
It is the parents who prejudge the school. Do you talk to your kids about
the school and what they like or dislike about it. Have you really given
the school a fair chance or do you make a judgement call after only 1 year.
MPS does look for new ways to improve themselves in spite of the budget cuts
accountability to others and the citizens of MPS and the state legislature.
(CM)
At 13,000 per year. This is a joke. BTW that 13k per year really isn't a
true number, it has to be much higher. The 13 k is based on the begaining
of the year. With the astoundingly high drop out rate, it must be up around
17-21,000 per senior.
Please do not prejudge any program or MPS because you may not have all the
facts about the situation. Statistics can be geared to show anything. Talk
with the kids about their experiences.
(CM)
Try this novel concept.
Tell your kids where they are going to school, tell them to get good grades,
help and make them do their homework.
Take away their bikes, video, icecream and time with friends if they don't
cut it. Works wonders in three generations of both my families.
Craig Miller
So very happy to not have my kids in the mad experiment that is known as MPS
Rogers, MN
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eli kaplan
Linden Hills
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