MCPS is no longer a desirable school district
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Anonymous
| We moved to Montgomery County because of the schools, and now, we are moving out for the exact same reason. MCPS has been deteriorating on so many levels over the last decade. It feels like watching a car wreck in slow motion. Our kids deserve better. |
Anonymous
| Girl bye |
Anonymous
| Yeah, it’s definitely not great. I would not recommend a friend move to MoCo for the schools. |
Anonymous
| Again it’s a gigantic school district. Quality differs by school and program. |
Anonymous
| OK |
Anonymous
| Same here. And we're in a very well regarded elementary school and sent older kids to public...it's not good and doesn't seem like it's headed in the right direction with larger classes and staff cuts. |
Anonymous
Again? Where is the first mention? |
Anonymous
MCPS is one of the 20 largest, most diverse (socioeconomically & ethnically) public school systems in the country. Everyone has a different experience. Too bad it didn't work out for you and your family. I hope you're going to a smaller, generally all-around wealthy district. For the record, we have been part of the school system for 10+ years and feel our kids have gotten a very good education and will be better prepared for college that most graduating seniors in the US. |
Anonymous
Again, girl bye |
Anonymous
I think MCPS does high achieving in the W's well, but I also think those kids would do well anywhere. One of my kids did great and I'd absolutely agree they were very well prepared for college. They even said college was way easier than high school. The kids in the middle get lost though, especially at the W high schools. It's a really soul sucking place to be if you struggle with academics at all as our second child did. Anyways just to echo it's a big HUGE district. IMO too big and unwieldy so that those middle kids do get lost. -not OP |
Anonymous
You must have learned to write in MCPS. |
Anonymous
| Same. Moved to Montgomery County for the public schools and our kids graduated from private rather than their public W. If I had to do it all over again, we wouldn't have moved here to start. Was OK originally (ES), but by MS, was a disaster. Left one in until HS, but bailed after one year. How the mighty have fallen |
Anonymous
It really is sad. I remember when we decided to start a family in MoCo almost 20 years ago. My god we were proud to be in one of the nations best school systems. I was elated when after scrimping and saving that we were able to buy in W school district. We had arrived! My DS graduated last year and it sad and shocking how far the whole system has fallen. What was once a shining light is now a hollowed out shell of its former glory. Anyone paying attention to the last 6-8 years saw it coming like a slow moving train wreck. |
Anonymous
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It’s a great system if your kid is motivated and takes advantages of the opportunities and programs. Especially if they find like minded peers.
For kids who are unmotivated, home life has much bigger impact than anything in schools. |
Anonymous
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Bye bye bye
No problem leave sooner rather than later. Darling nephew acceptances from an MCPS school. He will be following his first cousins, who also graduated from MCPS in recent years and were accepted of by many schools like the ones below. Stanford, MIT, CMU, Yale, UMD, UVA, UNC, MCPS rocks. Please take all the book banners, Mandel & Diaz supporters of Moms4Liberty with you. And all the nut jobs who sued. the county and lost the OPT Out that was glorious. Keep the idiots out of our public schools. |