Calvert Commie Public Schools

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Hessian

For the Love of God do not judge the outcomes based on the MSPAP's!!!

Calvert county has for years (decades!) been trying to come up with more work books, review activities, practice tests, pep rallies...all to get those scores as high as possible...some kids take them over & over again.

We are producing a generation of students who HATE subjects like History, literature, writing because they were so saturated with more "prompts."

Calvert county deserves the A+ ...for teaching toward the test, and a D for motivating teachers to be innovative, challenging, and inspiring.

My Private school outscores the Stanfords consistently and we charge about 1/2 what PG pays per pupil. I will never let a MSPAP in the door.

Funny i did some research prior to moving here about schools.. since I have THREE in school here.. and Calvert County was rated one the top districts Patuxent High School scored a 9 out of 10 where the school district we were in scored a 2.5.. even State College PA, another option for employment, was only scored a 7.. and it takes tests VERY little into account for a score.. They scored, drop-out rate, college acceptance rate, curriculum, how many students that went on to college actually finished their first year.. SAT scores.. Faculty qualifications// education.. and in all the places I have lived i have NEVER seen a more motivated faculty then the one in Patuxent.. they are mostly young aggressive innovative teachers.. and they are doing GREAT things by my son..

ANd not familiar with private schools around here so I can't speak to that point, but the private schools we had in NH, were FULL of the kids that the public schools couldn't handle, even had been expelled from public so had no other place to go.. Drug use was rampant, but the parents were blind to it.. "It ony happens in those PUBLIC schools, not in our PRIVATE schools!"

[R. Reynolds]

I was involved with the planning for the stadium. Unless things have changed in the last 4 years, you are wrong about the GMHS stadium. A great deal of research went into choosing the type of turf to lay down so that the field could endure many sports and activities. Bermuda grass was chosen because the bulk of the field recovery could occure during the summer (Bermuda thrives in the hot humid weather of June, July and August and goes dormant during the winter months). The field was designed to handle, football, soccer and field hockey in the fall and lacross during the spring.

[suzeQ]

Originally Posted by R. Reynolds

I was involved with the planning for the stadium. Unless things have changed in the last 4 years, you are wrong about the GMHS stadium. A great deal of research went into choosing the type of turf to lay down so that the field could endure many sports and activities. Bermuda grass was chosen because the bulk of the field recovery could occure during the summer (Bermuda thrives in the hot humid weather of June, July and August and goes dormant during the winter months). The field was designed to handle, football, soccer and field hockey in the fall and lacross during the spring.

You are correct. And, while football gets priority over the other sports if there is a conflict, it is used for all of those sports. At least one of my children has been a student at GMHS since 1996 and have never heard of a family having to purchase an athletic uniform.