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Nurse3 Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Apr 23, '14 6:34am  
All schools are about the money...PERIOD! Oh, they'll tell you otherwise, but it'd be a lie.
 
Many schools will still educate your child and educate them well, but even these schools care only about the money...they just do it quietly.
 
Isn't 99% of everything about $$$ these days?
 
 
@jax: Very true.  We have the same kind of thing at the hospital.  After you have been discharged you get a survey letter.  If you don't check "all the time" on every question then the hospital gets a lower percentage.  If your percentage is lower than what the government would like, then you get a cut in your Medical reimbursement.  Everything is to the patient's satisfaction now.  It's not did they diagnose you and give you proper treatment.  It's did they get that coffee for you as quickly as you wanted it? Did they answer the call bell as quickly as you wanted them to?  Well, of course not.  When you rang the call bell you wanted something right then.  It may take us 5 minutes to get it for you though.
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 23, '14 9:01am  
I understand your frustration in regards to passing the STAAR tests for funding reasons.  It has always irked me to no end. They have learning labs a couple of times a week.  Tutoring before school as well.  A
minimal of 2 to 3 hours every evening is the average for study time at
home.  Sometimes this will change during different times of the year. 
Sometimes, it's even more.  The school has had numerous meetings
throughout the year for parents whose kids are struggling in their
classes.  In it, they talk of home support for the student as well as
tutoring schedules and advise that a lot of studying at home is key to
your child being successful.  Also, AVID is a key component to keeping
them organized and up to date on what they should be doing in each
class, when assignments are due and when upcoming tests are.  Study
buddies have helped as well.  Being able to contact another student in
your class to get notes you may have missed or going over what was
taught that day has helped as well.It is a rigorous class load
with the majority of their studies being Pre-AP classes and a college
class the 1st year for Freshman._____________________________________________________________________________On a brighter note:The sample English portion of STAAR for the freshman class out ranked all other high schools in the district.They work and study hard all year and need kudos for when they do a great job.  4951
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kingwooddiscgolf Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 9 years ago   Apr 23, '14 9:28am  
Simple question...how do you study for something you dont understand? 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 9 years ago   Apr 23, '14 9:41am  
It would seem without funding the school wouldn't be there to help at all.Sort of a two edged sword.Also if the classes are to difficult, it would seem maybe falling back to regular classes is better. worked out better for my DD. 4951
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Nurse3 Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 9 years ago   Apr 23, '14 11:20am  
@FoFa  I get what you are saying which applies to the school and hospitals.  It's just kind of frustrating that the government has this much control over our lives.  If you don't reach a certain percentage they cut your funding, then you have less staff and less to work with.  With less staff you get lower scores which equals less funding.  It's kind of a vicious circle. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 23, '14 11:53am  
Quest has morphed quite a bit over the years;  previously it was a self paced do it yourself high school with "family groups" in which kids were on their own pace to learn and able to repeat in a knowledge mastery philosophy - instead of a group push through pass/fail standard setting.  problem is kids have to be somewhat motivated to succeed - and slackers easily fall behind-   at the end of 4 years when they only have half the required credits suddenly it becomes an issue.Now- Quest is an early college - your kid is taking college classes on a college campus - with college professors - it is entirely up to your student (and you to kick his ***) to work it out with professors for tutoring - as far as I know almost all lonestar professors make themselves available to some extent for tutoring in addition to the group tutoring and library tutors available at the main campus.  Now the Tutoring your child is being forced to take is a mandated state high school requirement that is a bit of a fallback away from your sons current studies;  but one that he would be expected to have mastered to qualify for a college level program I would think - Either way - your child is getting a free college education at our expense,  while the campus is also working to ensure he can maintain state high school requirements.I kind of understand your frustrations - but keep in mind - it is not a standard high school atmosphere or environment - your kid is a college student with college responsibilities - who by chance also still has some high school requirements to maintain - if he cannot keep pace transfer him sooner than later because- Quest credits are not a straight transfer to high school credits.  4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 23, '14 12:35pm  
By the way - It sounds like you are doing a great job - and being concerned - active - and forceful in your childs education.I sincerely hope everything works out - just keep pushing him and the school. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 23, '14 1:48pm  
Again thank you all so much for your input! I appreciate it all. I have been to a couple of those meetings and I am always emailing his AVID teacher back and forth. I totally understand why he needs to pass the STAAR, I do. And I understand he is in a totally different environment, that is what he & we wanted for him. It is not that he can't do the work, he procrastinates and turns in things late, so tutoring won't help in that area lol He finally realizes what he needs to do and is doing it, hopefully it's not too little too late. I guess I was just upset at the "mandatory"  part. I felt like the school wanted to make damn sure he passed this and they do but I have calmed down enough to understand why. It IS important not only for the school but he does need to pass it to graduate so I get it. Thank you all also for the encouragement. We have struggled with this kid for many years in school. We had it easy with our oldest but this one has taken some doin' Emoticon But we won't give up and he won't either. Thanks again Emoticon 4951
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