How bad are Montgomery County Schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Personally I am a pro private school parent because of the intentional emphasis on ethics and religious practices. Religion not neccessarily Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism etc. is helpful for all. People who excercise faith are healthier and happier people and that is what a private school can do.

Tell that to all the miserable fatties waddling out of their SUVs to their mega-churches. Religion only correlates with happiness to the extent that people are stupid enough to be deluded into thinking that their imaginary friend in the sky loves them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved out to Montgomery County for the great schools and we are in one of the top clusters. I keep hearing from more and more parents though about how unhappy they are with the public schools. If your child does not enter K reading extremely well, or is unable to sit down, shut up, and do exactly what they teacher wants then s/he will have a horrible experience. The focus is only reading, writing, and math. Very little if any real art, music, outdoor time, science or any true conceptual learning and its all about teaching to the test. I hear about bad administrations and teachers trying to manage large classes.

We are very disappointed because we moved out here for the schools. If we need to go private, we may have well have stayed in the city

If you are going to deal with a public school it might as well be the best on record. Personally I am a pro private school parent because of the intentional emphasis on ethics and religious practices. Religion not neccessarily Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism etc. is helpful for all. People who excercise faith are healthier and happier people and that is what a private school can do. I would say stick with your plan. Study learning levels and make sure your kds are on target and above in all fsubjects. Be prepared to do for them whatever you feel is missing in their educational process.

Not possible. She already said she lives in MoCo. Now you want her to move to Fairfax?

(Don't have a dog in this fight, btw. I live in DC.)