The school board has formally agreed to rectify the grade discrepancies and address the instructional failures brought to light by this petition. Your collective commitment to academic fairness compelled the district to acknowledge these students and correct the record. We will continue to monitor the implementation of these changes to …
August 10, 2016
Final supporters
Students of Montgomery:
When we entered the school system, we were told that no child would be left behind… that all students would be given the same quality of education. We entered the school system under hopes that our school system would try to assure that our education would be par with good standards. We entered the school system under a lie. In light of recent events pertaining the Geometry and Statistics classes of LAMP High School. After losing their teacher halfway into the year (without being given any information as to where she went), the Geometry students were left to take a “retention” test. After this test, many students found themselves with grades that they did not deserve. Students who once had A’s were dropped to B’s and C’s. Rather than remediating the condition and seeing to it that they would not be stuck with those scores, MPS left them with a grade that would forever affect their GPAs. Furthermore, MPS refused to acknowledge the small class of 8 students in the AP Statistics course, all of whom had paid $91 to take an AP Exam for which they thought they would be prepared. These students were ignored by MPS – instead, a teacher who had left the school, a teacher who did not normally teach Stats, and a teacher from another district helped educate the students in what they had to learn. It was not until two weeks before the exam that these students received any real acknowledgement from MPS, and even that acknowledgement was small and unhelpful. Some students chose not to take the AP Exam and pay $45 to CollegeBoard. These students are now being forced to take their final exam - one they were not even notified was necessary, considering the condition they were left in. These students very recently received a notification from MPS, notifying them that their scores for a practice Mock Exam they had taken months previously – a Mock Exam that was naturally extremely difficult and that they were not told of beforehand and were unprepared to complete – was to be used as their final average for the 4th 9-weeks. Most of the students failed that exam. If it weren’t for the help of the AP Calculus teacher’s brilliant hard work, those students would have been left with nearly a failing grade in the course. It took a teacher of another course to create many major and minor grades within a week to appease the unfeeling MPS officials. I was a student in this Statistics course. Our opinions, our pleas… all of these were ignored. We were not given a say as to how we were treated. Should we not, as the affected persons of the actions of MPS, have a say in their doings?
By signing here, you agree to help us with our plight for these reforms:
- Having the say of students in any decisions MPS makes.
- Having schools have the same representation as MPS in all decisions.
- Having a representative from the schools monitor MPS, rather than the other way around
We should be the priority, but we aren't being treated like it. Together, we can change that.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
The momentum behind this petition highlights the urgency of the issues facing our students. Your collective commitment to securing academic accountability is truly encouraging.
May 19, 2016
The petition has reached one hundred signatures. This milestone confirms that the concerns regarding the treatment of students at LAMP High School are recognized by a significant segment of our community.
Reached 100 supporters
May 18, 2016
57 Comments
As a recent graduate of LAMP, it is ASTOUNDING to hear the complete and utter apathy that has been shown in regard to not only geometry students, but the students of an Advanced Placement course. These grades affect COLLEGE. NOT just high school. The absurdity is unambiguous.
I used to be in the statistic class before our great stats teacher retired last year, and I am mad at MPS for not providing our current stats students the opportunity to learn a subject they intended to take the exam of. I wanted them to have a great experience as I once did.
The geometry/ statistics students should not need to retake/ drop these courses - we were doing so well until our teacher just left. we are not responsible and it is not our fault that our grades have been affected- it was the authorities.
Student at LAMP and all of this is true. It is ridiculous how little MPS actually cares about the number 1 school in the state. We bring in the most revenue and academic prestige, yet get the least amount of attention.
Being a LAMP geometry student, I feel as if the actions taken regarding our "benefit" we're not beneficial at all and actually caused way more stress on us.
Hello, I just read this petition and it is awfully depressing considering how many of the students in that class I had personally known were very smart and were fully capable of getting 5s on the AP Stats exams. This is even worse to hear as I am taking the same class next year, and going into the class with uncertainties is never good for students to hear. I hope this problem was somewhat resolved to say the least... Also, "David Keem" isn't me. Whoever wrote that was trolling.
outrageous
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The school board has formally agreed to rectify the grade discrepancies and address the instructional failures brought to light by this petition. Your collective commitment to academic fairness compelled the district to acknowledge these students and correct the record. We will continue to monitor the implementation of these changes to …
August 10, 2016
Final supporters
Students of Montgomery:
When we entered the school system, we were told that no child would be left behind… that all students would be given the same quality of education. We entered the school system under hopes that our school system would try to assure that our education would be par with good standards. We entered the school system under a lie. In light of recent events pertaining the Geometry and Statistics classes of LAMP High School. After losing their teacher halfway into the year (without being given any information as to where she went), the Geometry students were left to take a “retention” test. After this test, many students found themselves with grades that they did not deserve. Students who once had A’s were dropped to B’s and C’s. Rather than remediating the condition and seeing to it that they would not be stuck with those scores, MPS left them with a grade that would forever affect their GPAs. Furthermore, MPS refused to acknowledge the small class of 8 students in the AP Statistics course, all of whom had paid $91 to take an AP Exam for which they thought they would be prepared. These students were ignored by MPS – instead, a teacher who had left the school, a teacher who did not normally teach Stats, and a teacher from another district helped educate the students in what they had to learn. It was not until two weeks before the exam that these students received any real acknowledgement from MPS, and even that acknowledgement was small and unhelpful. Some students chose not to take the AP Exam and pay $45 to CollegeBoard. These students are now being forced to take their final exam - one they were not even notified was necessary, considering the condition they were left in. These students very recently received a notification from MPS, notifying them that their scores for a practice Mock Exam they had taken months previously – a Mock Exam that was naturally extremely difficult and that they were not told of beforehand and were unprepared to complete – was to be used as their final average for the 4th 9-weeks. Most of the students failed that exam. If it weren’t for the help of the AP Calculus teacher’s brilliant hard work, those students would have been left with nearly a failing grade in the course. It took a teacher of another course to create many major and minor grades within a week to appease the unfeeling MPS officials. I was a student in this Statistics course. Our opinions, our pleas… all of these were ignored. We were not given a say as to how we were treated. Should we not, as the affected persons of the actions of MPS, have a say in their doings?
By signing here, you agree to help us with our plight for these reforms:
- Having the say of students in any decisions MPS makes.
- Having schools have the same representation as MPS in all decisions.
- Having a representative from the schools monitor MPS, rather than the other way around
We should be the priority, but we aren't being treated like it. Together, we can change that.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
The momentum behind this petition highlights the urgency of the issues facing our students. Your collective commitment to securing academic accountability is truly encouraging.
May 19, 2016
The petition has reached one hundred signatures. This milestone confirms that the concerns regarding the treatment of students at LAMP High School are recognized by a significant segment of our community.
Reached 100 supporters
May 18, 2016
57 Comments
My daughter attends lamp and we have had a very difficult time this year dealing with both the teachers and prinicipal. Very unprofessional.
As a recent graduate of LAMP, it is ASTOUNDING to hear the complete and utter apathy that has been shown in regard to not only geometry students, but the students of an Advanced Placement course. These grades affect COLLEGE. NOT just high school. The absurdity is unambiguous.
I used to be in the statistic class before our great stats teacher retired last year, and I am mad at MPS for not providing our current stats students the opportunity to learn a subject they intended to take the exam of. I wanted them to have a great experience as I once did.
The geometry/ statistics students should not need to retake/ drop these courses - we were doing so well until our teacher just left. we are not responsible and it is not our fault that our grades have been affected- it was the authorities.
Student at LAMP and all of this is true. It is ridiculous how little MPS actually cares about the number 1 school in the state. We bring in the most revenue and academic prestige, yet get the least amount of attention.
Being a LAMP geometry student, I feel as if the actions taken regarding our "benefit" we're not beneficial at all and actually caused way more stress on us.
Hello, I just read this petition and it is awfully depressing considering how many of the students in that class I had personally known were very smart and were fully capable of getting 5s on the AP Stats exams. This is even worse to hear as I am taking the same class next year, and going into the class with uncertainties is never good for students to hear. I hope this problem was somewhat resolved to say the least... Also, "David Keem" isn't me. Whoever wrote that was trolling.
outrageous
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My daughter attends lamp and we have had a very difficult time this year dealing with both the teachers and prinicipal. Very unprofessional.