Does anyone send their child to private school instead WW/WJ/Churchill/Wooton?

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Anonymous wrote:Which elite privates?

A Catholic in DC that boasts “rigor.”

There are always private schools that are not as rigorous as some publics. Nevertheless, they fill a niche. If rigorous academics is your top priority, send them to a public magnet or the best private that will admit your kid.

There are always people who send their kids to private school no matter how great their local public.

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Anonymous wrote:Which elite privates?

A Catholic in DC that boasts “rigor.”

There are always private schools that are not as rigorous as some publics. Nevertheless, they fill a niche. If rigorous academics is your top priority, send them to a public magnet or the best private that will admit your kid.

There are always people who send their kids to private school no matter how great their local public.

Private should always be better academically than public, no matter if one sends child for other reasons. Why is not acceptable that the academics is compromised if it fills other desires. So inferior academics is acceptable? By the way, my school boasted better academics and isn’t, so privates do mislead.
I don’t believe people would sign their children if the privates were honest about their academics being inferior of some publics.

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Anonymous wrote:Which elite privates?

A Catholic in DC that boasts “rigor.”

That's the only one you can name?

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Anonymous wrote:Which elite privates?

A Catholic in DC that boasts “rigor.”

That's the only one you can name?

I’m not going to name other privates when I don’t know their academics. I only know of the one as not being an improvement from public.

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Just do what the rich people do--private schools. No reason to feel guilty if public makes financial sense for you.

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Anonymous wrote:Two kids - zoned for Churchill. Both in private for different reasons. The smaller classes require them to be attentive and present, which makes such a difference in their ability to actually retain information. MCPS high schools have gotten too big and way too easy to disappear into the noise. I don't have a reference point to compare Churchill academics to my kids education, but their elementary & middle school learning has far exceeded MCPS.

No being sarcastic, I’m just wondering how that could be? I send my child to a top school in DC and it’s not much better academically and actually in some ways worse than what was being taught at mcps. I cannot understand what these schools are because as I already stated my child attends a top one but people on here say they are getting better education than mcps. I am so skeptical of that. In reality, I’m paying for the smaller class size and nicer facility. Nothing more.

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The way I view it is that each child is so different and understanding the environment that enables them to grow and learn is a personal decision. My middle schooler switched during the pandemic and was placed in a level of classes with the resources that suited her, so yes, the investment into the smaller classes, resources and facility do equate to a better education for her. She's also the type of student who struggled to advocate for herself and the larger class environment in MCPS was taxing on her. Just because whatever your view of the private school curriculum doesn't adhere to whatever you define as 'better' academically doesn't mean it isn't providing a better education.

Point taken but don’t agree, you and all of us think that a private should be better academically. Not just better at providing smaller class size.

Yes, I’m basically paying nearly 40 grand annually for fewer number of students. If that’s all you want, fine. I also want with that tuition instruction/discipline that is superior to what is given in public. That should be a given.

I'm trying to figure out how people define 'better' or 'instruction/discipline that is superior'. I feel like people's expectations of private is that they send their student to a school and magically the student will transform them into Stephen Hawkings. Schools aren't equipped to fundamentally alter your children. And the reality is the vast majority of students fit within the normal distribution of the bell curve, no matter how smart or elite you think your child is. They are, in fact, still teenagers.

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Anonymous wrote:Two kids - zoned for Churchill. Both in private for different reasons. The smaller classes require them to be attentive and present, which makes such a difference in their ability to actually retain information. MCPS high schools have gotten too big and way too easy to disappear into the noise. I don't have a reference point to compare Churchill academics to my kids education, but their elementary & middle school learning has far exceeded MCPS.

No being sarcastic, I’m just wondering how that could be? I send my child to a top school in DC and it’s not much better academically and actually in some ways worse than what was being taught at mcps. I cannot understand what these schools are because as I already stated my child attends a top one but people on here say they are getting better education than mcps. I am so skeptical of that. In reality, I’m paying for the smaller class size and nicer facility. Nothing more.

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The way I view it is that each child is so different and understanding the environment that enables them to grow and learn is a personal decision. My middle schooler switched during the pandemic and was placed in a level of classes with the resources that suited her, so yes, the investment into the smaller classes, resources and facility do equate to a better education for her. She's also the type of student who struggled to advocate for herself and the larger class environment in MCPS was taxing on her. Just because whatever your view of the private school curriculum doesn't adhere to whatever you define as 'better' academically doesn't mean it isn't providing a better education.

Point taken but don’t agree, you and all of us think that a private should be better academically. Not just better at providing smaller class size.

Yes, I’m basically paying nearly 40 grand annually for fewer number of students. If that’s all you want, fine. I also want with that tuition instruction/discipline that is superior to what is given in public. That should be a given.

I'm trying to figure out how people define 'better' or 'instruction/discipline that is superior'. I feel like people's expectations of private is that they send their student to a school and magically the student will transform them into Stephen Hawkings. Schools aren't equipped to fundamentally alter your children. And the reality is the vast majority of students fit within the normal distribution of the bell curve, no matter how smart or elite you think your child is. They are, in fact, still teenagers.

Who in then world said anything about schools turning their kids into Stephen Hawkins? Sending to private in hopes (not always true) if an improved education is not asking to transform anyone into Hawkins. Terrible reach by the previous poster, but nice try.

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Anonymous wrote:Just do what the rich people do--private schools. No reason to feel guilty if public makes financial sense for you.

What makes me mad is that the privates tout being better and then you enroll with that expectation not being fulfilled. Lots of great marketing from the privates.

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Anonymous wrote:Just do what the rich people do--private schools. No reason to feel guilty if public makes financial sense for you.

What makes me mad is that the privates tout being better and then you enroll with that expectation not being fulfilled. Lots of great marketing from the privates.

Oh my G--, if you spent as much time on your son as you do criticizing his school on DCUM you and he would be in a much much better place. We get it -- you don't like his school. You've all but named it with your indications of what the school is but somehow think you're being coy by not always actually naming it. You're totally recognizable across multiple threads. Just leave the school already. Believe me, people will be happy to see YOU go. Not your son, he's a kid, but YOU? Yes!!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Just do what the rich people do--private schools. No reason to feel guilty if public makes financial sense for you.

What makes me mad is that the privates tout being better and then you enroll with that expectation not being fulfilled. Lots of great marketing from the privates.

Oh my G--, if you spent as much time on your son as you do criticizing his school on DCUM you and he would be in a much much better place. We get it -- you don't like his school. You've all but named it with your indications of what the school is but somehow think you're being coy by not always actually naming it. You're totally recognizable across multiple threads. Just leave the school already. Believe me, people will be happy to see YOU go. Not your son, he's a kid, but YOU? Yes!!!!!

Plese, tell me the school.
I am nosy in this case.

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Anonymous wrote:Just do what the rich people do--private schools. No reason to feel guilty if public makes financial sense for you.

What makes me mad is that the privates tout being better and then you enroll with that expectation not being fulfilled. Lots of great marketing from the privates.

How do they fall short? Honest question. My kids are at a non-elite private in the area and we've felt our needs have been met and don't feel that there was any bait & switch, but to be honest we never wanted to be at a school who's primary focus was solely academic because they don't operate well in a pressure cooker environment. But for the parents who are frustrated, can you give specific examples? I'm genuinely curious.

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Anonymous wrote:Just do what the rich people do--private schools. No reason to feel guilty if public makes financial sense for you.

What makes me mad is that the privates tout being better and then you enroll with that expectation not being fulfilled. Lots of great marketing from the privates.

Oh my G--, if you spent as much time on your son as you do criticizing his school on DCUM you and he would be in a much much better place. We get it -- you don't like his school. You've all but named it with your indications of what the school is but somehow think you're being coy by not always actually naming it. You're totally recognizable across multiple threads. Just leave the school already. Believe me, people will be happy to see YOU go. Not your son, he's a kid, but YOU? Yes!!!!!

Short on emotional intelligence. Manage your emotions, please.

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Anonymous wrote:Just do what the rich people do--private schools. No reason to feel guilty if public makes financial sense for you.

What makes me mad is that the privates tout being better and then you enroll with that expectation not being fulfilled. Lots of great marketing from the privates.

Oh my G--, if you spent as much time on your son as you do criticizing his school on DCUM you and he would be in a much much better place. We get it -- you don't like his school. You've all but named it with your indications of what the school is but somehow think you're being coy by not always actually naming it. You're totally recognizable across multiple threads. Just leave the school already. Believe me, people will be happy to see YOU go. Not your son, he's a kid, but YOU? Yes!!!!!

Probably would do you best to get off of the multiple threads if you are this bothered and dramatic about by what others write about their experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Just do what the rich people do--private schools. No reason to feel guilty if public makes financial sense for you.

What makes me mad is that the privates tout being better and then you enroll with that expectation not being fulfilled. Lots of great marketing from the privates.

Oh my G--, if you spent as much time on your son as you do criticizing his school on DCUM you and he would be in a much much better place. We get it -- you don't like his school. You've all but named it with your indications of what the school is but somehow think you're being coy by not always actually naming it. You're totally recognizable across multiple threads. Just leave the school already. Believe me, people will be happy to see YOU go. Not your son, he's a kid, but YOU? Yes!!!!!

Probably would do you best to get off of the multiple threads if you are this bothered and dramatic about by what others write about their experience.

No, the PP is right, the SAAS mom who posts EVERYWHERE about how bad the school is just needs to stop. We get it, you aren't happy.

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Anonymous wrote:Just do what the rich people do--private schools. No reason to feel guilty if public makes financial sense for you.

What makes me mad is that the privates tout being better and then you enroll with that expectation not being fulfilled. Lots of great marketing from the privates.

Oh my G--, if you spent as much time on your son as you do criticizing his school on DCUM you and he would be in a much much better place. We get it -- you don't like his school. You've all but named it with your indications of what the school is but somehow think you're being coy by not always actually naming it. You're totally recognizable across multiple threads. Just leave the school already. Believe me, people will be happy to see YOU go. Not your son, he's a kid, but YOU? Yes!!!!!

Probably would do you best to get off of the multiple threads if you are this bothered and dramatic about by what others write about their experience.

No, the PP is right, the SAAS mom who posts EVERYWHERE about how bad the school is just needs to stop. We get it, you aren't happy.

I didn’t see anything about SAAE in that string of comments. The pp you mentioned sounds a bit off the rails and controlling. She did not do herself any favors. Regardless, if someone has something knowledge about issues with a school, some parents might appreciate knowing.