DP but are we only looking at this in terms of achievements? My kids attend MCPS, but I definitely envy private education for what I perceive as the superior training in writing and public speaking. |
Good for you but my post didn’t say that there are no magnet options in early years. I know my options, thank you. Magnet high schools are good. The rest - CES, MS magnets, etc. are mediocre at best. |
+1 and I'm the pp that said we're moving our Ker out of Mcps after this year...we're also moving DC ASAP so that she can make friends and adjust socially in the new community. Ofc we're aware of the options (grew up here so are probably even further dialed in that snarky "know your options" pp)...and know that the option also includes a swap out of current social group/school in our case. Also agree that those options are mediocre. |
What are these magnet options you speak of, before middle school? CES? Not til 4th grade. Immersion? Lottery. Am I missing something else? |
Must be some special WPES thing. |
No not even close. |
OO no one can answer this question for you
Each child is different Public is almost always better than private. We did a mix mostly public MCPS because my children math was their best subject and private isn’t no where near as good as public Two of mine did boarding Phillips Exeter and Andover. |
Yes. Most private schools have separate Language Arts and Literature classes, everyday. It’s not just English class for 60 minutes. It’s 90-110 minutes between the two subjects. |
Not many privates have to teach kids how to hold a book or a pencil, what an elephant is, or how to speak English. Privates absolutely have the advantage here. Schools can move on and focus on teaching writing, spelling, foreign language, etc. in the young ages because they have a well supported student body. |
DP. My kid is in K this year and we recently toured a private, considering a move before our younger child starts. The things that intrigued me, in addition to this, were more time to play, more time to move, outdoor time, more specials (Spanish and science lab). I’m not looking for academic rigor at this age but I am looking to an encourage a love of school and learning. My kindergartener who adored preschool now complains about going to school and I hate that. |
Not even close. No private school in the DMV can match the MCPS magnets. |
I don't think you have kids in MCPS. Even in areas where you would think that private schools are better i.e. writing and public speaking, MCPS schools dominate these competitions, C-Span for example. |
No private MS school can come close to TPMS, Clemento when it comes to STEM. None can touch Eastern when it comes to humanities, writing and public speaking. In fact, they cannot even compete regular schools like with Hoover, Frost, Cabin Jones, SSIM, Pyle etc... in general. If these schools are mediocre at best, I feel sorry for the state of private MS: they are abysmal. |
My comment was pretty mild, but sure, my kids don’t even go here. 🙄 I’m a public school product and parent through and through, but your string of argumentative replies just screams insecurity. |
I’ve had kids at private school and in mcps. It really boils down to the specific schools that are being compared. Not all mcps are the same, not all private are the same, sometimes there are very different experiences in same private between two different grades. Sure, if we had unlimited money and acceptance at any private school we want, we’d go private. |