MCPS family considering DCPS

[Anonymous]

Hi!

In need of advice. We are a Chevy Chase MCPS family currently zoned for Rosemary Hills Primary School (K-2) and Chevy Chase Elementary School (3-5) but considering a move to DC for one of the better elementary school experiences. Many of our neighbors have had only “blah” experiences with our local K-2 school and middle school, though they generally love CCES. We’re also worried about how large the classes are here (26 kids, 1 teacher for K), and parents cannot fundraise for a teacher’s aide here.

Has anyone else made this switch, from CC MD to DC, purely for the elementary schools? Or, did you make the reverse move? Which elementary schools did you ultimately enroll in, and were you happy with them?

[Anonymous]

DCPS admin and priorities are a joke compared to MCPS. It’s a huge urban school system concerned with getting kids who are lost to show up, not concerned with giving anyone an education that can think beyond even that. If you don’t want the split and can move go to Somerset or Westmoreland Hills or Whitman zone.

[Anonymous]

YOU

ARE

CRAZY

But if you don't believe me, go ahead and suffer the consequences.

[Anonymous]

DCPS is literal garbage.

[Anonymous]

Private would be cheaper than moving except if you rent.

[Anonymous]

Got to be a troll.

[Anonymous]

Why not try to cosa, for example across Wisconsin to Somerset or Westbrook? Seems easier than moving. My sense is most move here for the pyramid, but I think some DC elementaries can offer more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YOU

ARE

CRAZY

But if you don't believe me, go ahead and suffer the consequences.

Have you set foot inside Mann?

[Anonymous]

OP here. What is “Cosa?”

[Anonymous]

Don’t do this OP. MCPS is much better overall than DCPS.

Lots of families moving out to burbs. No one I know doing the reverse with kids, especially for schools.

[Anonymous]

RHPS is a wonderful school - there's a hidden advantage of having all very early elementary together. I know the bus ride seems terrible, but the kids love it at that age. My kids are in HS and college now and I look back on the Rosemary Hills days fondly.

[Anonymous]

Your neighbors are "meh" about their public schools because you live in a expensive neighborhood, OP, and likely have high salaries and certain luxury expectations. At that rate, no public will satisfy you and you're better off trying to get your kids into one of the top private schools.

I live in an expensive neighborhood near downtown Bethesda, where half of the families send their kids to privates, and I know what I'm getting by sticking to MCPS: I get full services for one of my kids who has special needs; I keep my kids grounded in the real world, despite their socio-economic bubble; my kids are in all advanced classes, and one of them is 3 levels ahead in math, which is only possible in MCPS, compared to surrounding school systems; and since these are large publics, they have a better shot at selective colleges than in small privates where half the kids are alumni of said colleges, and therefore have a hook my kids don't have.

[Anonymous]

Rosemary Hills is great. I would not move to DC just for the schools.

The people here slamming DCPS are wrong though. The average MoCo school is probably at least as strong as the average DCPS school if not stronger. But this system is not "literal garbage."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rosemary Hills is great. I would not move to DC just for the schools.

The people here slamming DCPS are wrong though. The average MoCo school is probably at least as strong as the average DCPS school if not stronger. But this system is not "literal garbage."

DCPS is literal garbage when it comes to high schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your neighbors are "meh" about their public schools because you live in a expensive neighborhood, OP, and likely have high salaries and certain luxury expectations. At that rate, no public will satisfy you and you're better off trying to get your kids into one of the top private schools.

I live in an expensive neighborhood near downtown Bethesda, where half of the families send their kids to privates, and I know what I'm getting by sticking to MCPS: I get full services for one of my kids who has special needs; I keep my kids grounded in the real world, despite their socio-economic bubble; my kids are in all advanced classes, and one of them is 3 levels ahead in math, which is only possible in MCPS, compared to surrounding school systems; and since these are large publics, they have a better shot at selective colleges than in small privates where half the kids are alumni of said colleges, and therefore have a hook my kids don't have.

Your kids don’t live in the real world because they go to public with other wealthy families.