Texas parents help me out

nunya
Mon, 25 May 2009 22:53:43 +0000

Here’s my suggestion - FIRE THE SUPERINTENDANT!

Our high school is adding more Pre-AP and AP classes for next year. All the school districts around us are adding more as well. The first question I’d ask him is to name specific districts which are dropping them and then demand concrete answers to why along with TEA statistics (bring popcorn and watch him squirm!). Our students are given 1 point for each. You can’t make a decent rank without these higher level classes. Rank is VERY important to colleges despite what your clueless superintendant might think. And of course, it matters which college your child attends.

As for his statement that the higher performing students help bring up the class - haha. If that were the case the US would be at the top of the world’s educationally instead of in the middle. The truth is, the teacher has to dumb down the curriculum and deal with behavioral problems in “regular” classes. I can’t tell you how many AP students, including mine, who have told me they appreciate their parents pushing to get them into AP classes because now they can see how much they are able to learn as opposed to constant interuptions in the regular classes.