Public Vs. Private?

[Anonymous]

Serious question, what are the benefits of Private school for those in Whitman/Churchill/Wooton/BCC school districts? The public schools are so good, just trying to understand why so many people in these school clusters are choosing private.

[Anonymous]

You are starting off with the opinion that those public schools are "so good."

Every family has a different reason, but I would first start with the understanding that the public schools aren't always great for some students or families.

Both my wife and I are public school graduates and while it has been 30+ years, the issues in public schools are the similar now as they were then, at least from our experience with our older child. She moved to private from one of the "W" schools you list and her experience has been heaps better. As we near graduation, we are thankful she attends her current school and are looking forward to her entering college with confidence and a solid academic background.
Could she have developed all of the skills in public? Probably. But there was undoubtedly a lot less drama, a safer social environment, and she has a much wider circle of peers and friends than she would have had she stayed in public.

[Anonymous]

My child's private upper school class has so much drama. Here's the shortlist: Drugs & drinking (sometimes on campus), eating disorders, bullying, absenteeism, race issues that are getting worse, antisemitism, quirkiest of quirky, mean girls, bro culture, spoiled kids that have no resiliency and a lot of stress, other kids that get away with *a lot* because of who the parents (faculty and big donors), clicky parent groups, disengaged admin team who often has no clue what is happening in classes, parent gossip about each other's kids and yes, some very mediocre teachers with turnover issues. Now tell me about your public woes.

And, MCPS teachers all just got another raise. College outcomes are pretty on par with privates.

[Anonymous]

Small class size and better behaved kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child's private upper school class has so much drama. Here's the shortlist: Drugs & drinking (sometimes on campus), eating disorders, bullying, absenteeism, race issues that are getting worse, antisemitism, quirkiest of quirky, mean girls, bro culture, spoiled kids that have no resiliency and a lot of stress, other kids that get away with *a lot* because of who the parents (faculty and big donors), clicky parent groups, disengaged admin team who often has no clue what is happening in classes, parent gossip about each other's kids and yes, some very mediocre teachers with turnover issues. Now tell me about your public woes.

And, MCPS teachers all just got another raise. College outcomes are pretty on par with privates.

BS. Name the school. W schools are in for a rude awakening when they get redistricted. LOL...you just never know where your kid will end up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child's private upper school class has so much drama. Here's the shortlist: Drugs & drinking (sometimes on campus), eating disorders, bullying, absenteeism, race issues that are getting worse, antisemitism, quirkiest of quirky, mean girls, bro culture, spoiled kids that have no resiliency and a lot of stress, other kids that get away with *a lot* because of who the parents (faculty and big donors), clicky parent groups, disengaged admin team who often has no clue what is happening in classes, parent gossip about each other's kids and yes, some very mediocre teachers with turnover issues. Now tell me about your public woes.

And, MCPS teachers all just got another raise. College outcomes are pretty on par with privates.

are we at the same school? Same here as well

[Anonymous]

Private school kids have better drugs

[Anonymous]

I did not want to be just a number in a big public school.

[Anonymous]

Smaller environment, prettier campuses, more responsive teaching and administration, vibes are quite different. And, depending on the school, a more pragmatic and grounded curriculum less subjective to the vagaries of the latest left wing progressive interpretation.

Not for everyone nor does every kid need it. But I can see why plenty opt for private despite having excellent public schools at hand.

[Anonymous]

I taught public school for 11 years and decided to put my own children in a private school. I couldn’t stand the emphasis on testing and what I consider lowering standards. About 1/2 of the teachers at my former public school sent their own children to privates. (That’s quite a statement considering how much teachers have to stretch financially to make that work.)

That’s actually one of the reasons I finally left. I couldn’t support the system anymore, and I felt like a hypocrite. Yes, this was in the DC region.

[Anonymous]

Public schools have better college admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child's private upper school class has so much drama. Here's the shortlist: Drugs & drinking (sometimes on campus), eating disorders, bullying, absenteeism, race issues that are getting worse, antisemitism, quirkiest of quirky, mean girls, bro culture, spoiled kids that have no resiliency and a lot of stress, other kids that get away with *a lot* because of who the parents (faculty and big donors), clicky parent groups, disengaged admin team who often has no clue what is happening in classes, parent gossip about each other's kids and yes, some very mediocre teachers with turnover issues. Now tell me about your public woes.

And, MCPS teachers all just got another raise. College outcomes are pretty on par with privates.

College outcomes are NOT on par with top privates. Compare Whitman, Churchill, Langley, etc’s Instagram to the top DC Metro privates. By percentage, the public school students are heading to fewer Ivies and top 10 to 50 colleges. The floor (in terms of college ranking) is higher at top privates

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child's private upper school class has so much drama. Here's the shortlist: Drugs & drinking (sometimes on campus), eating disorders, bullying, absenteeism, race issues that are getting worse, antisemitism, quirkiest of quirky, mean girls, bro culture, spoiled kids that have no resiliency and a lot of stress, other kids that get away with *a lot* because of who the parents (faculty and big donors), clicky parent groups, disengaged admin team who often has no clue what is happening in classes, parent gossip about each other's kids and yes, some very mediocre teachers with turnover issues. Now tell me about your public woes.

And, MCPS teachers all just got another raise. College outcomes are pretty on par with privates.

College outcomes are NOT on par with top privates. Compare Whitman, Churchill, Langley, etc’s Instagram to the top DC Metro privates. By percentage, the public school students are heading to fewer Ivies and top 10 to 50 colleges. The floor (in terms of college ranking) is higher at top privates

Omg, enough with the trolling of Instagram pages. Do you really have nothing to do? Private schools have such small class sizes, a couple of “hooked” kids more or less makes a big differences in their %ages. You can’t compare.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child's private upper school class has so much drama. Here's the shortlist: Drugs & drinking (sometimes on campus), eating disorders, bullying, absenteeism, race issues that are getting worse, antisemitism, quirkiest of quirky, mean girls, bro culture, spoiled kids that have no resiliency and a lot of stress, other kids that get away with *a lot* because of who the parents (faculty and big donors), clicky parent groups, disengaged admin team who often has no clue what is happening in classes, parent gossip about each other's kids and yes, some very mediocre teachers with turnover issues. Now tell me about your public woes.

And, MCPS teachers all just got another raise. College outcomes are pretty on par with privates.

College outcomes are NOT on par with top privates. Compare Whitman, Churchill, Langley, etc’s Instagram to the top DC Metro privates. By percentage, the public school students are heading to fewer Ivies and top 10 to 50 colleges. The floor (in terms of college ranking) is higher at top privates

Omg, enough with the trolling of Instagram pages. Do you really have nothing to do? Private schools have such small class sizes, a couple of “hooked” kids more or less makes a big differences in their %ages. You can’t compare.

I work at a private school in the region. Our graduating class has 350 students. Is that considerably smaller than public schools? Why do you assume we have “hooked” students?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child's private upper school class has so much drama. Here's the shortlist: Drugs & drinking (sometimes on campus), eating disorders, bullying, absenteeism, race issues that are getting worse, antisemitism, quirkiest of quirky, mean girls, bro culture, spoiled kids that have no resiliency and a lot of stress, other kids that get away with *a lot* because of who the parents (faculty and big donors), clicky parent groups, disengaged admin team who often has no clue what is happening in classes, parent gossip about each other's kids and yes, some very mediocre teachers with turnover issues. Now tell me about your public woes.

And, MCPS teachers all just got another raise. College outcomes are pretty on par with privates.

College outcomes are NOT on par with top privates. Compare Whitman, Churchill, Langley, etc’s Instagram to the top DC Metro privates. By percentage, the public school students are heading to fewer Ivies and top 10 to 50 colleges. The floor (in terms of college ranking) is higher at top privates

Omg, enough with the trolling of Instagram pages. Do you really have nothing to do? Private schools have such small class sizes, a couple of “hooked” kids more or less makes a big differences in their %ages. You can’t compare.

I work at a private school in the region. Our graduating class has 350 students. Is that considerably smaller than public schools? Why do you assume we have “hooked” students?

So you’re an expert on college results Instagram pages but you know nothing about the school sizes or what “hooked” means? LOL

And what top private around here has 350 seniors? None