So the baby is on her 3rd week at the new school. And I get a letter from the school district about her old school stating that 60% of the school is illiterate and they are going to restructure the school because they've tested at this level for 7 years straight. They told me last year (after the fact) that Anastasia scored a perfect score on her FCAT and they had the news crews out to fuss over her. So before she switched schools they sent her home with the FCAT report. I read the report and it shows her as having a score of of 1707 in Reading and 1727 in Math. The grade level 'perfect' is 1456 in Reading and 1444 in Math. So I figure they got 'perfect' from her surpassing the grade level 'perfect'. Well last night I go to the school district website to find out more about the school she's in and THEIR grades. They score fine, but I came across this whole FCAT thing. So I pick up the report she brought home and give it another look see. It wasn't adding up, they said she scored perfect, and the score you need for graduation is 1926 in Reading and 1889 in Math. Which by the way is STILL not a perfect score. The highest score you can get is 2638 in Reading and 2330 in Math. So I start reading the report from top to bottom to see where the incompetance came into play. Are they just so retarded they were just calling the kid perfect because she was one of the 5 kids in the school that passed? NOPE I look up at the top left-hand corner of the report (it's a 2 page folded dealy) and there is my daughter Katie's co-worker's kids name. It's NOT my kid's report!!!
I immediately have the hot flash from hell. Are you kidding me? You imbeciles are so freaking incompetant that you can't even send the reports home with the corresponding child? Are the teachers there illiterate too?
So I call the school this morning first thing and ask for her scores. You guessed it folks. Miss A got a 2638 in Reading and a 1800 in Math. Not too shabby! So she is, according to the state of Florida and what the ignoramous tells me on the phone, about Sophmore in college level, give or take a month and some brush ups in the Math. She also informs me that had she NOT been at that school she'd probably have scored way better. Thanks, that helps.
So BACK to the school district for info on what we can do to make sure my kid doesn't end up losing all interest in school because she's on whole nother plane of existance than the rest of these rocket scientists. I find out that as long as she passes the entrance exam and continues in her regular school, she is entitled to attend college for half the day at NO CHARGE through the end of 11th grade. THEN she can go the full day to college at NO CHARGE getting her BA simultaneously with her High School Diploma. (because a person with a freaking BA needs a High School Diploma?) anyway, because she's adopted, she gets 4 years fully paid including books, living expenses and tuition at any school in the state. So if she gets the bachelors degree while attending high school on the counties dime, she can actually attend graduate school straight after her high school/college graduations (which will be within days of each other) and have her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at no charge by the time the kid is 21.
OMG go Miss A! The child is going to be amazing. Love her!
ReplyDeleteYou must be so proud and Congrats to your brilliant Daughter for showcasing her academic excellence so well! We're raising a couple of our G-Kids... The G-Son tested at Genius level IQ wise but is failing all his classes in 6th Grade except Science, which he's acing, because he wants to be a Rocket Scientist or some other amazing Scientific Nerd that will make Gramma seem like a bumbling idiot by comparison. *LOL* He's already talking way over my head & always considered myself an intelligent Woman who did well in the Corporate World before retiring. *Winks* He's completely bored by School & most public school systems don't seem to hold much promise nowadays & a private school is not within our retirement budget {after all who knew you'd be raising another generation}. There are times I'd prefer he NOT be in School and instead be mentored by some brilliant Scientist where his knowledge & talents could actually be developed & appreciated instead of the dismal Parent/Teacher Meetings we presently have to attend. *le sigh* Because all I can say to that is... "We have a failing Genius? What's up with THAT!?!?!??!" *Smiles* I take comfort in knowing that in School Einstein's Teachers considered him retarded... *winks*
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