Howard County or Montgomery County for sharp kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everybody's a genius.

No, but the top 3% of students are the top 3% of students and their needs are different from the top 20% or top 10% for instance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everybody's a genius.

No, but the top 3% of students are the top 3% of students and their needs are different from the top 20% or top 10% for instance.

The OP's older child is 4.

[Anonymous]

Stay in Howard through middle school but reassess for high school. MCPS is not great for K-8 outside HGC and magnet programs. Many MCPS schools are just bad so depending on where in Montgomery County you go. You may have a steep drop or a huge cost increase without a better education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are currently renting in Howard County and looking to buy a house in the 700k-850k range. I commute to DC downtown on Red Line, 3 days a week. My husband works in Columbia but can easily find a job in Rockville, DC, or NoVa. Given our budget and commute, we are focusing on River Hill district in South Howard County, and Churchill and Wootton in Montgomery County.

Between MoCo and HoCo, which school system serves the needs of gifted children better? It looks like MoCo has more options, like immersion programs, gifted centers, and magnet schools, but class size is larger and many schools are crowded. HoCo system is smaller and said to be well-managed, but I have seen little discussion of its G/T programs.

We have two bright preschoolers. DD is 4 and 8 months, already reading at grade 1 or 2 level (and English is her second language) and developing math concepts like multiplication on her own. I'm concerned that she'll get bored at school if we don't find the right one for her...

sharp kids

lmfao!

4 and 8 months


If this isn't a joke, it should be.

Ciao, stupida!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everybody's a genius.

No, but the top 3% of students are the top 3% of students and their needs are different from the top 20% or top 10% for instance.

Yes, I know. OP's child is 4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everybody's a genius.

No, but the top 3% of students are the top 3% of students and their needs are different from the top 20% or top 10% for instance.

Yes, I know. OP's child is 4.

I wasn't responding to the OP, I was responding to the poster who said "everybody's a genius" which sounded snarky. There are a few dcum posters who imply that parents who don't find MCPS adequately challenges their children must believe their children are geniuses. Perhaps I read too much into that post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everybody's a genius.

No, but the top 3% of students are the top 3% of students and their needs are different from the top 20% or top 10% for instance.

Yes, I know. OP's child is 4.

I wasn't responding to the OP, I was responding to the poster who said "everybody's a genius" which sounded snarky. There are a few dcum posters who imply that parents who don't find MCPS adequately challenges their children must believe their children are geniuses. Perhaps I read too much into that post.

Yes, I am that PP. My kids were in the HGC and are in magnets now. I get it.

OP's older child is 4. She cannot know at this point whether her kid will need, or qualify for gifted programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in moco, relatives live in hoco. Both good school systems, but big difference is that in moco AP classes are open to anyone who wants the challenge. In hoco, teachers are the gatekeepers to AP classes.

Hoco relatives got shut out of all AP classes because of limited space and teachers not thinking they could handle the pace.

Not true at all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in moco, relatives live in hoco. Both good school systems, but big difference is that in moco AP classes are open to anyone who wants the challenge. In hoco, teachers are the gatekeepers to AP classes.

Hoco relatives got shut out of all AP classes because of limited space and teachers not thinking they could handle the pace.

Not true at all!

You don't have to get permission to take an AP class in HoCo? Are you sure?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are currently renting in Howard County and looking to buy a house in the 700k-850k range. I commute to DC downtown on Red Line, 3 days a week. My husband works in Columbia but can easily find a job in Rockville, DC, or NoVa. Given our budget and commute, we are focusing on River Hill district in South Howard County, and Churchill and Wootton in Montgomery County.

Between MoCo and HoCo, which school system serves the needs of gifted children better? It looks like MoCo has more options, like immersion programs, gifted centers, and magnet schools, but class size is larger and many schools are crowded. HoCo system is smaller and said to be well-managed, but I have seen little discussion of its G/T programs.

We have two bright preschoolers. DD is 4 and 8 months, already reading at grade 1 or 2 level (and English is her second language) and developing math concepts like multiplication on her own. I'm concerned that she'll get bored at school if we don't find the right one for her...

sharp kids

lmfao!

4 and 8 months


If this isn't a joke, it should be.

Ciao, stupida!

Best. Response.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you all for your information and insights. I got a lot out of them. Just to sum up. Yes, the MCPS's magnet programs does provide more challenges for those who got into them. However, because my kids are very young, it is too early to tell if whether they will be interested in or qualify for those programs. The advice of staying in HoCo for ES and MS and reassess for HS sounds good to me. At that time, we should have a clearer idea of whether we want magnet, IB, or something else.

As a matter of fact, we saw a house in River Hill district, liked it a lot, and made an offer today. So the decision has been made!

Thank you all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are currently renting in Howard County and looking to buy a house in the 700k-850k range. I commute to DC downtown on Red Line, 3 days a week. My husband works in Columbia but can easily find a job in Rockville, DC, or NoVa. Given our budget and commute, we are focusing on River Hill district in South Howard County, and Churchill and Wootton in Montgomery County.

Between MoCo and HoCo, which school system serves the needs of gifted children better? It looks like MoCo has more options, like immersion programs, gifted centers, and magnet schools, but class size is larger and many schools are crowded. HoCo system is smaller and said to be well-managed, but I have seen little discussion of its G/T programs.

We have two bright preschoolers. DD is 4 and 8 months, already reading at grade 1 or 2 level (and English is her second language) and developing math concepts like multiplication on her own. I'm concerned that she'll get bored at school if we don't find the right one for her...

sharp kids

lmfao!

4 and 8 months


If this isn't a joke, it should be.

Ciao, stupida!

Best. Response.

OP here. Well I think my kids are pretty sharp but I may be biased. You and "Ciao, stupida!" sound like you or your kid(s) are very smart. Why don't you tell us how smart you're, so that we can admire? I'm so curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you all for your information and insights. I got a lot out of them. Just to sum up. Yes, the MCPS's magnet programs does provide more challenges for those who got into them. However, because my kids are very young, it is too early to tell if whether they will be interested in or qualify for those programs. The advice of staying in HoCo for ES and MS and reassess for HS sounds good to me. At that time, we should have a clearer idea of whether we want magnet, IB, or something else.

As a matter of fact, we saw a house in River Hill district, liked it a lot, and made an offer today. So the decision has been made!

Thank you all.

River hill is an excellent school; really can't go wrong. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

River Hill isn't in the southern part of the county though. It's smack in the middle in Clarksville

Reservoir is in the Southern part of the county. They are not similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everybody's a genius.

No, but the top 3% of students are the top 3% of students and their needs are different from the top 20% or top 10% for instance.

In MOCO unfortunately if your kid is the top 4% not the top 3% you are SOL. I don't think the difference in needs between the 3 and 4% are that different.
As a parent of a top 4 but not top 1-3%er child not admitted to HGC, we are leaving for private.