How is the feedback at Bethesda CC HS for students and parents?

[Transplant_1]

I'm considering moving out of NW DC (zoned for Jackson Reed (JR)) into MoCo for BCC. Have done a lot of research. But wondering if worth doing, and how much it really is better at BCC.

-- I've heard that both schools are honors for all, and students are expected to self select.
-- I've heard that taking APs in 9th grade at BCC is a bit "normal" (at JR, I've heard students can't take APs in 9th grade, with exceptions only for very advanced math and language.)
-- I've heard that JR is more "disorganized," poorer communications, etc. (Even now, with a 7th grader bound for JR, I can't seem to find information anywhere.)
-- I've heard both are large urban schools, so kid can get lost between the cracks as in any large urban schools. What I wonder is the extent to which parents have visibility so they can help their child along with executive function, organizing, etc. to help minimize the loss. A concern for me is that in the interest of "equity," visibility to parents is made difficult so that kids of supportive, active, well-resourced parents can't / don't help as much as they can.

My experience with Deal (the feeder middle school to JR) for its grade recording system (called Aspen) is as follow:
-- one teacher inputs grades in a timely fashion (timely feedback is important for it to be meaningful,) and my child knows what they've missed and still have to hand in, and knows why a grade is low and what they got wrong.
-- one teacher is extremely lagged, and my child doesn't understand what assignments are considered missing, why he got a low grade, and what he needs to study for the re-take to get a higher grade. He takes re-takes without knowing what he got wrong.
-- in 2 classes he is 100% for the past 2 terms -- but I can't tell what he's doing well since he seems to put in little effort, and I suspect teachers may want to minimize parent inquiry. One of them in English, and I'm worried he doesn't actually know how to write a well structered essay of even just 2-3 paragraphs.

I'm worried lack of visibility will continue and potentially be worse in JR. Is the feedback at BCC HS better?

[Anonymous]

According to DCUM, MCPS has been in decline for at least a hundred years so stay away!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to DCUM, MCPS has been in decline for at least a hundred years so stay away!

Bitter admin is here aggressively responding to critical posts in MCPS's defense.

You should work in Comms for MCPS. They could use the help.

[Anonymous]

From what I know about the 2 schools, it won’t be a lot better at BCC than JR but it should be at least a little bit better and also more organized. MCPS Central is a giant beaurocracy and fairly unimpressive but not quite as dysfunctional as DCPS Central.