Moving from Arlington to Bethesda(ish) for job--best school clusters?

[Anonymous]

teacher has a lot of spare time today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:teacher has a lot of spare time today.

These boards will be quiet when they actually have to be in school teaching our children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have 2 mcps students (well, had. One is a Freshman in HS, the other is a Freshman in college). We moved to MC, from DC, when our oldest was in preschool, and we moved here specifically for the schools. So I have been here, in the schools, for 13.5 years. They are a disaster and getting worse, even before Covid. The reasons why have been listed before in many threads, I'm not going to go into it again. Save your money on the house, spend it on private school instead.

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[Anonymous]

You'll be jumping from one problem to another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You'll be jumping from one problem to another.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most W families with more than 2 kids and a huge house don't send their kids to private. Not sure if they can't or won't afford it.

Because it is really not worth it at all to spend money for private schools when you have a better education for free in the w clusters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:teacher has a lot of spare time today.

Sorry private schools parent, not a teacher but an IT person/parent and my spouse is a lawyer.
You could not pay me to send my kids to privates when MCPS is around.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have 2 mcps students (well, had. One is a Freshman in HS, the other is a Freshman in college). We moved to MC, from DC, when our oldest was in preschool, and we moved here specifically for the schools. So I have been here, in the schools, for 13.5 years. They are a disaster and getting worse, even before Covid. The reasons why have been listed before in many threads, I'm not going to go into it again. Save your money on the house, spend it on private school instead.

Here is the problem.
Even if what you said is true, they are a disaster; private schools in the area just cannot compete with MCPS.
Why would I even waste money on an even more inferior product?

If you had your child in an excellent private school, you would know better. Just stop, you're embarrassing yourself.

Tell which private schools in the DMV?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Avoid MCPS at all costs.

OP here, circling back to this thread after I see it blew up a little--why do you say this? Is it the failures around DL?

I am hearing the exact same complaints about FCPS and APS. My older child was in a "Big 3" private for K/1st because at the time we were living in a very badly rated school district...and (to put it mildly) we weren't impressed, at all. Class content was behind his public school peers in North Arlington/FCPS. DL was a disaster last spring, and we couldn't fathom spending $45k for DL again this fall (they're not back in person, even for hybrid). We are looking forward to moving into a solid public school district for the Fall, what with the job change, etc. I tend to think a lot of public school families have a "grass is greener" attitude about privates, and, coming from the other side of the fence, it just wasn't our experience.

Honest question if this statement is just because of the way MCPS has handled DL, or if there are other issues at play? Personally, I don't know of any school or district that has handled DL well.

Don't mind this PP. She/he is probably a private school parent or a wannabe from another jurisdiction. Since they cannot compete with MCPS, they take pleasures bashing MCPS on DCUM.

Agreed. I think the way they've handled DL has been atrocious, but my kids' individual teachers have been uniformly terrific, both now and in the Before Times, with one exception (and she was just meh, not punitive or anything). Even now, I am so grateful my kids have the teachers they do--they're working SO hard remotely. It's painful knowing what a difference they would have made in my kids' lives had they been in person, but that just is what it is.

I also think that a lot of the MCPS bashers have little context. I used to do educational research, which meant traveling all over the Midwest and meeting with teachers who worked in everything from urban, high-crime schools to teeny-tiny rural schools with like seven kids in two combined grades, and everything in between. MCPS is better than 90% of public school districts in the country, problems aside.

This should be reiterated. I have experience in multiple districts before moving to the DC area. MCPS is really a good district. Does it have its problems? Absolutely, but it's still light years better than many other areas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Avoid MCPS at all costs.

OP here, circling back to this thread after I see it blew up a little--why do you say this? Is it the failures around DL?

I am hearing the exact same complaints about FCPS and APS. My older child was in a "Big 3" private for K/1st because at the time we were living in a very badly rated school district...and (to put it mildly) we weren't impressed, at all. Class content was behind his public school peers in North Arlington/FCPS. DL was a disaster last spring, and we couldn't fathom spending $45k for DL again this fall (they're not back in person, even for hybrid). We are looking forward to moving into a solid public school district for the Fall, what with the job change, etc. I tend to think a lot of public school families have a "grass is greener" attitude about privates, and, coming from the other side of the fence, it just wasn't our experience.

Honest question if this statement is just because of the way MCPS has handled DL, or if there are other issues at play? Personally, I don't know of any school or district that has handled DL well.

Don't mind this PP. She/he is probably a private school parent or a wannabe from another jurisdiction. Since they cannot compete with MCPS, they take pleasures bashing MCPS on DCUM.

No, most negative reviews are from MCPS parents, like me. Nice try, though. And, why would private parents waste their time on this board? Nonsense.

The MCPS forum is full of private schools parents. They dominate most of the anti-MCPS threads.
Try again.

You're delusional. People in a better position don't go slumming. Have another drink, honey.

And you're here, slumming.

My kids go to MCPS of course we are slumming. Just like you.

So y'all think MCPS sucks. You care about your kids only enough to complain about MCPS though. You don't care about your kids enough to move somewhere with better schools. Got it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Avoid MCPS at all costs.

OP here, circling back to this thread after I see it blew up a little--why do you say this? Is it the failures around DL?

I am hearing the exact same complaints about FCPS and APS. My older child was in a "Big 3" private for K/1st because at the time we were living in a very badly rated school district...and (to put it mildly) we weren't impressed, at all. Class content was behind his public school peers in North Arlington/FCPS. DL was a disaster last spring, and we couldn't fathom spending $45k for DL again this fall (they're not back in person, even for hybrid). We are looking forward to moving into a solid public school district for the Fall, what with the job change, etc. I tend to think a lot of public school families have a "grass is greener" attitude about privates, and, coming from the other side of the fence, it just wasn't our experience.

Honest question if this statement is just because of the way MCPS has handled DL, or if there are other issues at play? Personally, I don't know of any school or district that has handled DL well.

Don't mind this PP. She/he is probably a private school parent or a wannabe from another jurisdiction. Since they cannot compete with MCPS, they take pleasures bashing MCPS on DCUM.

No, most negative reviews are from MCPS parents, like me. Nice try, though. And, why would private parents waste their time on this board? Nonsense.

The MCPS forum is full of private schools parents. They dominate most of the anti-MCPS threads.
Try again.

You're delusional. People in a better position don't go slumming. Have another drink, honey.

And you're here, slumming.

My kids go to MCPS of course we are slumming. Just like you.

So y'all think MCPS sucks. You care about your kids only enough to complain about MCPS though. You don't care about your kids enough to move somewhere with better schools. Got it.

NEWS FLASH No one cares what you think.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:teacher has a lot of spare time today.

Sorry private schools parent, not a teacher but an IT person/parent and my spouse is a lawyer.
You could not pay me to send my kids to privates when MCPS is around.

Thankfully, no on asked for your opinion. And my kids go to MCPS just like yours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Avoid MCPS at all costs.

OP here, circling back to this thread after I see it blew up a little--why do you say this? Is it the failures around DL?

I am hearing the exact same complaints about FCPS and APS. My older child was in a "Big 3" private for K/1st because at the time we were living in a very badly rated school district...and (to put it mildly) we weren't impressed, at all. Class content was behind his public school peers in North Arlington/FCPS. DL was a disaster last spring, and we couldn't fathom spending $45k for DL again this fall (they're not back in person, even for hybrid). We are looking forward to moving into a solid public school district for the Fall, what with the job change, etc. I tend to think a lot of public school families have a "grass is greener" attitude about privates, and, coming from the other side of the fence, it just wasn't our experience.

Honest question if this statement is just because of the way MCPS has handled DL, or if there are other issues at play? Personally, I don't know of any school or district that has handled DL well.

Don't mind this PP. She/he is probably a private school parent or a wannabe from another jurisdiction. Since they cannot compete with MCPS, they take pleasures bashing MCPS on DCUM.

No, most negative reviews are from MCPS parents, like me. Nice try, though. And, why would private parents waste their time on this board? Nonsense.

The MCPS forum is full of private schools parents. They dominate most of the anti-MCPS threads.
Try again.

You're delusional. People in a better position don't go slumming. Have another drink, honey.

And you're here, slumming.

My kids go to MCPS of course we are slumming. Just like you.

So y'all think MCPS sucks. You care about your kids only enough to complain about MCPS though. You don't care about your kids enough to move somewhere with better schools. Got it.

Correction, we know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most W families with more than 2 kids and a huge house don't send their kids to private. Not sure if they can't or won't afford it.

Because it is really not worth it at all to spend money for private schools when you have a better education for free in the w clusters.

We have children in both (HS Private and MS MCPS). Sorry, but private schools even hybrid is far superior to MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:teacher has a lot of spare time today.

Sorry private schools parent, not a teacher but an IT person/parent and my spouse is a lawyer.
You could not pay me to send my kids to privates when MCPS is around.

Still a MCPS shrill.