If Eastern Middle School parents didn’t know they were being had before, they do now. The letter promised by Community Superintendent Heath Morrison with the “solution” alluded to by Jerry Weast was sent out in backpacks and via snailmail and posted to school listservs today. It’s also posted on the Eastern home page where it [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Throwing ‘em a (“Flex”-ible) Bone
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, education, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, highly gifted, humanities, magnet program, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy, School, verbally gifted on March 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
MCCPTA Vote: Down But Not Out
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, education, elementary school, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, high school, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy, parent involvement, PTA, School, testing on March 25, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Well that was…ummm…interesting. Last night I attended the much anticipated MCCPTA Delegates Meeting, my first time at one of these. (For those of you craving that “you are there” feel you can check out my Twitter feed. Sorry for the iPhone typos. It is what it is.) The meeting was held in the auditorium at [...]
One Less Customer
Posted in Home Life on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, not MCPS <smirk>, although true. Me. Over time I have morphed into our family’s tech support team, particularly for the girls. Over the weekend C.’s MacBook Safari browser stopped working for no apparent reason, giving her the Spinning Beachball of Doom whenever she tried to open Safari. Last night while I was at the [...]
Tonight’s the Night
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, curriculum, differentiation, education, elementary school, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, high school, identification, magnet program, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy, PTA, School on March 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tonight’s the night. PTA delegates will vote on an MCCPTA resolution that weighs in on the proposed policy revision of Gifted Education Policy IOA (whew!). It by no means settles anything. But it is a chance–through the voice of the MCCPTA, which has a “seat at the table”–for local PTAs to weigh in on the [...]
Slapped Down: Weast Endorses After School “Flex Schedule” Proposal
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged education, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, highly gifted, humanities, Jerry Weast, magnet program, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy, School on March 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Just released: A memo from Superintendent Jerry Weast to the Board of Education regarding the Eastern Middle School Schedule Decision. >> Read it here. A number of parents are now requesting that MCPS provide additional staffing for a 5/8 schedule, similar to the Middle School Magnet Consortium schools. I would caution against this course of [...]
Eastern at the Board of Ed
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, humanities, magnet program, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy, School on March 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know what you call a person who puts in a full day of work, and goes straight to a Board of Education meeting for another two and a half hours. (And I don’t even have skin in the game!) A glutton for punishment? Junkie? Idiot? Or just curious. Put me down as curious. [...]
Small Steps
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged differentiation, education, Gifted, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I had a conversation about some of the GT policy doings around the county. Disheartening on one hand, but on the other hand I was alerted that the Humanities magnet is now has its 2008-2009 scope and sequence posted to the school’s website. Amazing. You may recall that this information had never been [...]
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