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To be perfectly honest, I'm afraid to even speculate if any of the schools in AISD are quality schools. From my experience with AISD, you are much better off enrolling your children in a private school among town. Members of AISD will put on whatever face they need, to attempt to put you under their spell. My son has refused to do his school work, especially to his age level standard, and has continued to pass. His teachers have been giving him grades that he has not earned. In addition, he is never made to abide by grading policies, leaving him w/o any natural consequence that should be put in place as a learning lesson. Instead, you'll figure out that even if you have proof of wrong doing such as this by the teachers, the administration will use every tactic to convince you that you are the problem. they will try to explain that you just simply don't understand their grading policies. They will explain, that as a consensus, they all decided that children in the 7th grade should not be expected to complete a homework assignment by the deadline. Instead, their abilities and accomplishments should only be based on quiz or test scores. They want to try to get you to believe that you're overreacting and that its your fault because you don't understand the system.
They also want to send subtle guilt trips your way, by stating the number of kids that they are responsible for & asking you to empathize with them. My personal opinion, is simple... that is your job. If there are too many to handle, make an adjustment and hire more hands. Don't fail kids their educations by pushing them through to the next level without the proper foundation needed to successfully complete the first. You're only setting them up to fail. My son has a total of 2.5 credits in his second year of high school, and he's considered a Sophomore. He's attending a summer school now program, which is Spanish 1 in a summer school fashion; before or after school. He is, however, enrolled in a Spanish 2 class. That is, without even passing the prerequisite, Spanish 1.
I could go on & on & on... WHATEVER YOU DO... DO NOT ENROLL YOUR CHILDREN IN AN AISD SCHOOL. TAKE OUT A LOAN, OR CUT SOME COSTS & PUT YOUR CHILD IN ONE OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM! SAVE YOURSELF THE HEARTACHE, AND GIVE YOUR KIDS A CHANCE AT A REAL EDUCATION.
It does sound like your son should not be passed when he isn't doing the work but I have to ask... If you know your son is not doing the work why are you passing the buck and letting him get away with it? It is the parents job to parent.
It does sound like your son should not be passed when he isn't doing the work but I have to ask... If you know your son is not doing the work why are you passing the buck and letting him get away with it? It is the parents job to parent.
I would rep you 10 times for this post if they would let me.
I'm just came back from a recent trip to Austin. It was my first time there. I love South Austin/SoCo area but I'm a young single parent & the middle schools in the area are not that great. I'm not interested in living in the suburbs of Austin but would like to live in an area that's liberal, creative w/ good schools. Is there a happy medium that anyone would know of?
The first thing to figure out is what your budget is - that more than anything else will dictate where you are able to live. There are still plenty of good deals in Central and South Austin, but they won't be as shiny as the newer places.
Feel free to shoot me a PM or respond in here if you'd like advice on what areas are a good deal for your budget.
To be perfectly honest, I'm afraid to even speculate if any of the schools in AISD are quality schools. From my experience with AISD, you are much better off enrolling your children in a private school among town. Members of AISD will put on whatever face they need, to attempt to put you under their spell. My son has refused to do his school work, especially to his age level standard, and has continued to pass. His teachers have been giving him grades that he has not earned. In addition, he is never made to abide by grading policies, leaving him w/o any natural consequence that should be put in place as a learning lesson. Instead, you'll figure out that even if you have proof of wrong doing such as this by the teachers, the administration will use every tactic to convince you that you are the problem. they will try to explain that you just simply don't understand their grading policies. They will explain, that as a consensus, they all decided that children in the 7th grade should not be expected to complete a homework assignment by the deadline. Instead, their abilities and accomplishments should only be based on quiz or test scores. They want to try to get you to believe that you're overreacting and that its your fault because you don't understand the system.
They also want to send subtle guilt trips your way, by stating the number of kids that they are responsible for & asking you to empathize with them. My personal opinion, is simple... that is your job. If there are too many to handle, make an adjustment and hire more hands. Don't fail kids their educations by pushing them through to the next level without the proper foundation needed to successfully complete the first. You're only setting them up to fail. My son has a total of 2.5 credits in his second year of high school, and he's considered a Sophomore. He's attending a summer school now program, which is Spanish 1 in a summer school fashion; before or after school. He is, however, enrolled in a Spanish 2 class. That is, without even passing the prerequisite, Spanish 1.
I could go on & on & on... WHATEVER YOU DO... DO NOT ENROLL YOUR CHILDREN IN AN AISD SCHOOL. TAKE OUT A LOAN, OR CUT SOME COSTS & PUT YOUR CHILD IN ONE OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM! SAVE YOURSELF THE HEARTACHE, AND GIVE YOUR KIDS A CHANCE AT A REAL EDUCATION.
Most intelligent people realize that many people influence a child's success or lack thereof in school. I would have to question the intelligence of taking advice from someone who sat on their laurels and watched their child go for years without doing any work, but that's just me... that act wouldn't have flown for a week in my house, much less years.
Hiring more teachers to deal with overpopulation is a great idea. There's just this little issue of the economy being in the toilet, so instead of offering more money, the state and the feds are actually cutting back funding. Maybe you've read about it...
I wouldn't send my kid to Fulmore or O'Henry but some of the schools in nicer neighborhoods are pretty good.
It does sound like your son should not be passed when he isn't doing the work but I have to ask... If you know your son is not doing the work why are you passing the buck and letting him get away with it? It is the parents job to parent.
Reps to you for stating what should be, but sadly clearly isn't, the obvious.
There are good schools in AISD- I was a teacher for 5 years.
Hi,
Austin is a great city and it is a great city to raise kids! I should know... I was raised here and every day I am so THANKFUL that I was born here.
As a former substitute teacher for 2 years and a Middle School teacher for 3 years -- I am very familiar with the middle and high schools in and around Austin.
There are several suggestions of Middle schools and just depending on your price range of housing - that will also probably influence where you live.
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can't speak to liberal vs. conservative but a good neighborhood imho is anderson mill -- excellent schools on every level, moderate rents/purchase prices, fairly easy access to most of cental/north central austin and the lake --
2nd choice (to me) would be brentwood/crestview - schools might be less favorable but you'd pick up a distinct austin vibe -- mthly cost will be a little higher (again imho)
I'd be looking to rent an apt I'd be looking more for that, under $1700 a month would be ideal. I'm going to have to do more Public Middle School research. I know Round Rock has great schools but that's far north & suburban.
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