MCPS Teachers - Do You Send Your Own Kids to Public School?

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Anonymous wrote:I have taught in MCPS for almost twenty years. I have happily had my kids in HCPSS since kindergarten. I will be moving into Montgomery County next month as I couldn’t pass down the opportunity to move into a home that I inherited from a relative. I’m very nervous and already looking into private schools for HS.

I know what doesn’t make the news and I’m not happy with the direction MCPS is going.

As taxpayers, we are so happy that your privilege can afford you a free house and private school tuition.

You should be happy she's stuck around for 20 years! Many staff are leaving the MCPS hellscape.

Left last year and would never go back!

How long were you here - i.e., were you here when it was considered good/decent (before the pandemic)?

I was there around 18 years. It probably was going downhill before the pandemic but afterwards it was a stark difference but I also could see in hindsight how things had been changing even before the pandemic. After the pandemic, there were so many unchecked social- emotional issues with students and MCPS was doubling down on teaching to the test. As a teacher, I felt unsupported and such low job satisfaction. I am happier now at an independent school but in hindsight, I may have ever gotten into education if I had known what things are like in public schools now.

You are insufferable. We get it..You hate MCPS. You got out. Good for you. Now go find a hobby.

You can find a hobby, too! Staying on a sinking ship is your choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a huge advocate for free public education. I think quality education should be accessible to all regardless of income level. In MCPS, my children will attend public school. That said, we lived previously in an area where there was only one high school with nearly 8,000 students. Gang issues were pervasive. For the safety of my own children, I would have opted for private.

MCPS’ schools have their own issues but so do private schools. On the whole, you can get a really strong education and often better what private schools offer.

You kid yourself.

Sure. My 20 years of experience across school districts and private schools MUST be wrong.

Standards are higher in the private schools I’m affiliated with. I went 5 years without observations in public school. I’m observed 8 times a year now and I have to justify my curriculum choices to admin/curriculum advisors.

I was never asked for plans in public. I have to post my plans to parents and students each week now.

I’m sent to more trainings now, and they are actually useful, even to experienced teachers. In public, I sat through training for whatever the latest craze was, knowing it would be gone in a year anyway.

I am held accountable, and students are held accountable.

So yes, from my extensive experience I find private works far better for my own children and for my students. It shouldn’t be that way, but it is.

I’m not even a teacher and know this post makes no sense. Are you saying there are no standards or teacher accountability in public schools? Because if so I’m sure there are plenty of teachers who want to laugh you right off this board. Are there some bad admins and teachers? Sure every school has some. But by in large public school teachers are working very hard to meet the needs of all students while addressing the demands and whims of a lot of stakeholders (students, parents, admin, CO, BoE, politicians, and State BoE). Public school teachers get a ball of clay every year and are told to transform it into 20-30 beautiful statues and may not be given all the tools that would most easily beat help in the process.