[summer]

Thank you so much, RCNM. :)!

[summer]

FYI. :)

[catonsville]

They eliminated social promotions in Baltimore last year. It was a gutsy move. Now almost 70% of the kids will be taking some summer courses this year.That is a comment, not so much on the kids involved, but how bad the system has become.

I am not knocking the teachers either. I live close to a good middle school. The temporary classroom housing modules keep expanding over the school yard yearly showing how crowded the school has become.

There was very little anger at the new no social promotions policy, the parents realizing that pushing an unprepared kid into a difficult world is not education.