Montco Schools are no longer the best

[Anonymous]

Who else feels this way? At back to school night, Parents were lectured on inclusiveness in a prerecorded message by the Superintendent. But not a word about curriculum advances, or new technology or what MCPS is doing to better the learning environment for children. Not a word about excellence, acheivement, goals or EDUCATION. All Montco cares about is closing the acheivement gap which is impossible with an exploding immigrant class to the area. We moved here for the schools before curriculum 2.0. No way MCPS keeps its repuation as the best. It is all down hill when the goal for a school system is no longer about actual education and learning for all children but is instead about social justice.

[Anonymous]

This is what Democratic voters wanted and they voted for in this County. They wanted sanctuary city, well how was that going to be accommodated? Bring in the immigrants, bring in the refugees, keep them coming, but, eventually the tax base shrinks and the schools as a whole suffer. Sadly the social experiment failed and is probably not reversible at this point. Private school here I come.

[Anonymous]

Immigrants and their children do very well in school.

[Anonymous]

I have never considered Moco the best school system. But they are way better than PG. Dont want to move to VA, so MoCo it is. I think so much depends on actual school your child is attending. We did ton of research before buying and are very happy with the school, irregardless of BS from central office.

[Anonymous]

It was never the best, because K-12 education in the US is pretty low-raking anyway.

[Anonymous]

MCPS has declined in all aspects of academia. I've started exploring private school options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what Democratic voters wanted and they voted for in this County. They wanted sanctuary city, well how was that going to be accommodated? Bring in the immigrants, bring in the refugees, keep them coming, but, eventually the tax base shrinks and the schools as a whole suffer. Sadly the social experiment failed and is probably not reversible at this point. Private school here I come.

OP here. I came home, looked at my partner and said I give up, no more public schools unless we want our kids brainwashed and illiterate because public schools aren't about learning and education anymore. Looking at privates for next year too. So sad. We want a public school experience for our kids, but not willing to risk their futures over it. And the class was exploding. 28 kids, one teacher and for at least half the class, English is not their first language. No way the teacher has time to give so many needy students what they need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what Democratic voters wanted and they voted for in this County. They wanted sanctuary city, well how was that going to be accommodated? Bring in the immigrants, bring in the refugees, keep them coming, but, eventually the tax base shrinks and the schools as a whole suffer. Sadly the social experiment failed and is probably not reversible at this point. Private school here I come.

+1 this is Obama and Democrats' dream come true!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what Democratic voters wanted and they voted for in this County. They wanted sanctuary city, well how was that going to be accommodated? Bring in the immigrants, bring in the refugees, keep them coming, but, eventually the tax base shrinks and the schools as a whole suffer. Sadly the social experiment failed and is probably not reversible at this point. Private school here I come.

OP here. I came home, looked at my partner and said I give up, no more public schools unless we want our kids brainwashed and illiterate because public schools aren't about learning and education anymore. Looking at privates for next year too. So sad. We want a public school experience for our kids, but not willing to risk their futures over it. And the class was exploding. 28 kids, one teacher and for at least half the class, English is not their first language. No way the teacher has time to give so many needy students what they need.

FCPS is the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what Democratic voters wanted and they voted for in this County. They wanted sanctuary city, well how was that going to be accommodated? Bring in the immigrants, bring in the refugees, keep them coming, but, eventually the tax base shrinks and the schools as a whole suffer. Sadly the social experiment failed and is probably not reversible at this point. Private school here I come.

OP here. I came home, looked at my partner and said I give up, no more public schools unless we want our kids brainwashed and illiterate because public schools aren't about learning and education anymore. Looking at privates for next year too. So sad. We want a public school experience for our kids, but not willing to risk their futures over it. And the class was exploding. 28 kids, one teacher and for at least half the class, English is not their first language. No way the teacher has time to give so many needy students what they need.

FCPS is the same.

Fairfax or Frederick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Immigrants and their children do very well in school.

Yes I'm an immigrant, a very high achieving one and my kids are too. RACIST (to the original poster).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what Democratic voters wanted and they voted for in this County. They wanted sanctuary city, well how was that going to be accommodated? Bring in the immigrants, bring in the refugees, keep them coming, but, eventually the tax base shrinks and the schools as a whole suffer. Sadly the social experiment failed and is probably not reversible at this point. Private school here I come.

OP here. I came home, looked at my partner and said I give up, no more public schools unless we want our kids brainwashed and illiterate because public schools aren't about learning and education anymore. Looking at privates for next year too. So sad. We want a public school experience for our kids, but not willing to risk their futures over it. And the class was exploding. 28 kids, one teacher and for at least half the class, English is not their first language. No way the teacher has time to give so many needy students what they need.

I don't understand your comments. Do you think privates don't preach the same gospel of inclusiveness? Do you not realize that a class of 28 kids is typical in most public school systems in the area? Something about your posts just seems very contrived to me, as if you're just looking for an opportunity to engage in some Trumpetry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Immigrants and their children do very well in school.

Yes I'm an immigrant, a very high achieving one and my kids are too. RACIST (to the original poster).

OP here. That word has absolutely lost it's meaning and does not hurt me one bit. It says way more about you that you would resort low ball name calling. My best friends are black, asian hispanic. A dinner party at my house looks like the UN. Guess what? They also wwant the public schools to focus on a quality education for the children, acheivement, excellence. But they aren't small minded like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who else feels this way? At back to school night, Parents were lectured on inclusiveness in a prerecorded message by the Superintendent. But not a word about curriculum advances, or new technology or what MCPS is doing to better the learning environment for children. Not a word about excellence, acheivement, goals or EDUCATION. All Montco cares about is closing the acheivement gap which is impossible with an exploding immigrant class to the area. We moved here for the schools before curriculum 2.0. No way MCPS keeps its repuation as the best. It is all down hill when the goal for a school system is no longer about actual education and learning for all children but is instead about social justice.

It's very hard for me to consider your concerns seriously when you think "education and learning for all children" and "social justice" are opposites. We live in a society (and a county) of massive and increasing wealth inequality. That simply has to be addressed. I don't even know what you mean that the county is or was or will be "the best." I agree that the average student is less wealthy than they once were. The same is true across the country. A school system is successful when it is excellent at teaching the students it actually has, not when it just happens to teach a large number of wealthy and overparented students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what Democratic voters wanted and they voted for in this County. They wanted sanctuary city, well how was that going to be accommodated? Bring in the immigrants, bring in the refugees, keep them coming, but, eventually the tax base shrinks and the schools as a whole suffer. Sadly the social experiment failed and is probably not reversible at this point. Private school here I come.

OP here. I came home, looked at my partner and said I give up, no more public schools unless we want our kids brainwashed and illiterate because public schools aren't about learning and education anymore. Looking at privates for next year too. So sad. We want a public school experience for our kids, but not willing to risk their futures over it. And the class was exploding. 28 kids, one teacher and for at least half the class, English is not their first language. No way the teacher has time to give so many needy students what they need.

I don't understand your comments. Do you think privates don't preach the same gospel of inclusiveness? Do you not realize that a class of 28 kids is typical in most public school systems in the area? Something about your posts just seems very contrived to me, as if you're just looking for an opportunity to engage in some Trumpetry.

I would expect and hope that any good private will teach inclusiveness because it is vital and important but not to the complete omission of school acheivement goals. It was a lecture that I would have liked to see expanded to include the Educational goals for MCPS. It is the beginning of the year, what does MCPS see for the children? What do those extra tax dollars mean? Textbooks, technology, smaller class sizes, more buses? And if you think 28 per class is acceptable, then good for you. It's not for me. Not a child in that class benefits with the teachers spread so thin.