no trolling - comparing MoCo vs WOTP DCPS schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Montgomery County and went to MCPS schools. I don't recall my school having a gifted program for elementar; I got into a magnet for middle that I chose not to attend, then went to the countywide IB magnet for HS.

I don't want to live in Montgomery County now, so I don't really care if MCPS schools might be marginally better than the WOTP schools my kids will go to. They'll do great in DCPS, and if I've done fine in life without being in a GT track for elementary school, so will they.

Not sure when you grew up in MCPS, but there's definitely gifted programs in elementary in MCPS starting at 3rd grade. One elementary school for each cluster will host the gifted program, and kids from other schools nearby are bused in. Even for younger kids, they have "enrichment" materials for reading and math that are provided starting in kindergarten if your kid is performing 2 grade levels above where they are required to be.

I'm not sure what a huge difference that makes. Personally, I'm happy that my kid has never had a class size bigger than 20 in his DCPS. That makes much more of a difference in the quality of the year.

Class size is a matter of school and luck, not so much a DCPS vs. MCPS issue. I know plenty of DCPS parents who have class sizes bigger than 20--we left Ross when the class size was 26 in 1st grade. Our kids' new MCPS school has smaller class sizes than we had in DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW, my kids go to a WOTP DCPS elementary and I worked in MCPS elementary schools in Bethesda and Chevy Chase. They are are incredibly similar.