PG County Parents, where are you sending your kids to school?

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07/17/2014 17:08

Subject: Re:PG County Parents, where are you sending your kids to school?

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Anonymous wrote:The College Park Academy in August will be for grades 6-8, eventually going to 6-12 by fall 2018. Beginning next month students will have the option for having two more in person teachers (social studies and Spanish language). The MSA passing scores were released Monday. The College Park Academy had the third highest scores in the County (behind only the French Immersion magnet programs at Goddard and Hanson).

According to whom? The Maryland Report Card site doesn't rank schools from what I can see. On schooldigger.com, the no. 3 rank goes to CMIT, another very good charter school. That could be because CPA is not mentioned at all on schooldigger. Nor is it mentioned on greatschools.org. The scores for CPA overall appear higher than CMIT but not by more than a few percentage points.

Between not having a very informative website or any information on major school research sites, CPA is not doing itself any favors. I have heard some good things about the school, but also a lot of not-so-great things. Also, who can't achieve top test scores with a school of TAG or TAG-worthy kids? For instance, the top elementary scores in PG are from TAG only schools.

What is CMIT? Thx.

Chesapeake Math and IT Academy public charter school in Laurel. They are opening an elementary school in Laurel in the fall and another middle school in South County, also this fall.

My daughter goes to CMIT. She has been there since it opened three years ago. She will also attend the high school this year. We love it. She has learned a lot. Test scores are always good. They do ability grouping, but the work is challenging for all. We have to pay for bus service (about $2000). Students travel as far as Clinton all the way to Laurel near Sweltzer Lane. The new elementary school will be next door (through a patch of woods). The students go on field trips regularly. Some students traveled to Costa Rica this summer and most traveled to Boston to visit Harvard and MIT. They are sponsoring a trip to Paris/London for spring break.

Students can also get Microsoft Certified. For a NEW school, it has done surprisingly well. Not sure what the high school will be like, but willing to give it that shot.

Thanks for your input, especially since my child will begin CMIT this fall. Can you provide details on the transportation? Did you try the aftercare, and what did you think?

There are several bus routes. The farther away you live, the more you pay for private transportation. CMIT has obtained the bus company; therefore, transportation is reliable and their responsibility if something goes awry. I do not use aftercare since I live in Upper Marlboro and work in DC. I cannot make the trek twice daily. I leave the driving to them.