MCPS is no longer a desirable school district

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Anonymous wrote:We moved to Montgomery County because of the schools, and now, we are moving out for the exact same reason. MCPS has been deteriorating on so many levels over the last decade. It feels like watching a car wreck in slow motion. Our kids deserve better.

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Ok, private school recruiter you are starting early this admission cycle?!

Most privates have waitlists lol

So why do y'all spend so much time trolling here?

DP. It's true. Since the school closures, private school enrollment has shot way up.

But why do y'all spend so much time trolling here?

The OP posts this same stuff every couple of weeks. It's nothing new. Often they discuss their love for Howard County where the demographics are similar to MCPS 30 years ago. This is just a troll thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bye bye bye

No problem leave sooner rather than later.

Darling nephew acceptances from an MCPS school. He will be following his first cousins, who also graduated from MCPS in recent years and were accepted of by many schools like the ones below.

Stanford, MIT, CMU, Yale, UMD, UVA, UNC,

MCPS rocks.

Please take all the book banners, Mandel & Diaz supporters of Moms4Liberty with you.

And all the nut jobs who sued. the county and lost the OPT Out that was glorious.

Keep the idiots out of our public schools.

Cool story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bye Felicia! Every school system in this country is having issues. School systems in Europe too. It’s not just MCPS.

MCPS is still one of the tops in the country sorry to tell you. My kids have graduated recently and going to T20 schools.

See ya! Bye bye!

Awww...you sound awfully triggered by all of this lol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you lived elsewhere in the country?

I have lived in Boulder, CO; Los Angeles; Richmond, VA; North Carolina and Miami.

Whether people want to believe it or not DC area public schools are very well funded much moreso than many districts across the country.

Being ‘well-funded’ isn’t enough. What is the money being spent on? Changing demographics mean that MCPS has to spend more money on ELL staff and programs and my kid often tells me that her bathrooms are short on soap and TP.

Apparently a big portion goes to paying lawyers in order to avoid teaching special needs students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bye bye bye

No problem leave sooner rather than later.

Darling nephew acceptances from an MCPS school. He will be following his first cousins, who also graduated from MCPS in recent years and were accepted of by many schools like the ones below.

Stanford, MIT, CMU, Yale, UMD, UVA, UNC,

MCPS rocks.

Please take all the book banners, Mandel & Diaz supporters of Moms4Liberty with you.

And all the nut jobs who sued. the county and lost the OPT Out that was glorious.

Keep the idiots out of our public schools.

Absolutely! Here's a revised version:

I share the same sentiment. My kids have thrived and received an excellent education. Unlike the complainers, I don't expect the county to raise my children. I actively parent and play a significant role in their lives.

[Anonymous]

OP unless you are in the Churchill, Whitman, or Wootton districts, private is the only way to go. We're in Churchill, but we have both kids in private due to inconsistency in class sizes, teacher quality, and lack of strong language curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP unless you are in the Churchill, Whitman, or Wootton districts, private is the only way to go. We're in Churchill, but we have both kids in private due to inconsistency in class sizes, teacher quality, and lack of strong language curriculum.

Which school do you recruit for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP unless you are in the Churchill, Whitman, or Wootton districts, private is the only way to go. We're in Churchill, but we have both kids in private due to inconsistency in class sizes, teacher quality, and lack of strong language curriculum.

Not in any of those clusters. Our child was happy in a below average ES and got into a CES program. Went to below average MS but found amazing peer group and teachers. Now going to Poolesville HS.

Lots of opportunities in MCPS if you take advantage of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP unless you are in the Churchill, Whitman, or Wootton districts, private is the only way to go. We're in Churchill, but we have both kids in private due to inconsistency in class sizes, teacher quality, and lack of strong language curriculum.

Wrong and clueless.
The nest schools in MCPS are not even any of these schools.

[Anonymous]

We’re in WJ and I’m starting to get depressed at how over crowded the school is plus some things like we had some teachers that took weeks or months to grade and gave no feedback. And the science teachers are so hit or miss. I just don’t know what to do. I’m not really psyched by any of the private schools either but I’m concerned my kid will never get any feedback on an English essay and will never have a decent science teacher. I think concerns are real and people mocking them are not being realistic.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you lived elsewhere in the country?

I have lived in Boulder, CO; Los Angeles; Richmond, VA; North Carolina and Miami.

Whether people want to believe it or not DC area public schools are very well funded much moreso than many districts across the country.

According to some sources, MCPS is ranked lower than Howard County and Frederick County Public Schools. Oh, and Anne Arundel is #40 (MCPS is #220)

Just saying..
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/most-sought-after-school-districts-in-us-ranked-in-new-survey-see-where-yours-comes-in

most sought after (as determined by a sample from a test prep company) is very different than quality:

Test Prep Insight, a study and test prep company, spoke with 3,000 parents across the nation to find out which school districts they would most want their children to be in if they had the choice

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, have you lived elsewhere in the country?

I have lived in Boulder, CO; Los Angeles; Richmond, VA; North Carolina and Miami.

Whether people want to believe it or not DC area public schools are very well funded much moreso than many districts across the country.

According to some sources, MCPS is ranked lower than Howard County and Frederick County Public Schools. Oh, and Anne Arundel is #40 (MCPS is #220)

Just saying..
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/most-sought-after-school-districts-in-us-ranked-in-new-survey-see-where-yours-comes-in

most sought after (as determined by a sample from a test prep company) is very different than quality:

Test Prep Insight, a study and test prep company, spoke with 3,000 parents across the nation to find out which school districts they would most want their children to be in if they had the choice

The largest cohort at MCPS these days is Hispanic. MCPS's demographics have changed significantly. It's not that places like Howard do a better job; rather, their makeup is more similar to MCPS 30 years ago. In terms of educational opportunities though MCPS is mostly the same or even better than it was in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, have you lived elsewhere in the country?

I have lived in Boulder, CO; Los Angeles; Richmond, VA; North Carolina and Miami.

Whether people want to believe it or not DC area public schools are very well funded much moreso than many districts across the country.

According to some sources, MCPS is ranked lower than Howard County and Frederick County Public Schools. Oh, and Anne Arundel is #40 (MCPS is #220)

Just saying..
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/most-sought-after-school-districts-in-us-ranked-in-new-survey-see-where-yours-comes-in

most sought after (as determined by a sample from a test prep company) is very different than quality:

Test Prep Insight, a study and test prep company, spoke with 3,000 parents across the nation to find out which school districts they would most want their children to be in if they had the choice

The largest cohort at MCPS these days is Hispanic. MCPS's demographics have changed significantly. It's not that places like Howard do a better job; rather, their makeup is more similar to MCPS 30 years ago. In terms of educational opportunities though MCPS is mostly the same or even better than it was in the past.

This but it is also rose colored glasses. MoCo has been shifting for years and sliding down hill due to demographics. It had crappy kids filling its schools 30 years ago to the point they had a problem kid high school they since had to close to protect kids feeling which just leaves them in their home school. Blair, Kennedy and middles like Lee were a mess 30 years ago. They gave the magnet kids a different lunch, class bell timing and building at the old Blair so they didn’t have to be exposed to the general pop. That wasn’t because ALL of MoCo was great. Now there are even less schools performing at the old standards but there are a few but you have pay up to live there, hint none of them are in a consortium .

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, have you lived elsewhere in the country?

I have lived in Boulder, CO; Los Angeles; Richmond, VA; North Carolina and Miami.

Whether people want to believe it or not DC area public schools are very well funded much moreso than many districts across the country.

According to some sources, MCPS is ranked lower than Howard County and Frederick County Public Schools. Oh, and Anne Arundel is #40 (MCPS is #220)

Just saying..
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/most-sought-after-school-districts-in-us-ranked-in-new-survey-see-where-yours-comes-in

most sought after (as determined by a sample from a test prep company) is very different than quality:

Test Prep Insight, a study and test prep company, spoke with 3,000 parents across the nation to find out which school districts they would most want their children to be in if they had the choice

The largest cohort at MCPS these days is Hispanic. MCPS's demographics have changed significantly. It's not that places like Howard do a better job; rather, their makeup is more similar to MCPS 30 years ago. In terms of educational opportunities though MCPS is mostly the same or even better than it was in the past.

This but it is also rose colored glasses. MoCo has been shifting for years and sliding down hill due to demographics. It had crappy kids filling its schools 30 years ago to the point they had a problem kid high school they since had to close to protect kids feeling which just leaves them in their home school. Blair, Kennedy and middles like Lee were a mess 30 years ago. They gave the magnet kids a different lunch, class bell timing and building at the old Blair so they didn’t have to be exposed to the general pop. That wasn’t because ALL of MoCo was great. Now there are even less schools performing at the old standards but there are a few but you have pay up to live there, hint none of them are in a consortium .

I hear what you're saying but it doesn't align with reality. Back when I was in school there were only a few dozen kids with an A average now I hear something like 50% of Wootton's class has a perfect 4.0. It sure seems like kids today are doing better than ever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP unless you are in the Churchill, Whitman, or Wootton districts, private is the only way to go. We're in Churchill, but we have both kids in private due to inconsistency in class sizes, teacher quality, and lack of strong language curriculum.

Not in any of those clusters. Our child was happy in a below average ES and got into a CES program. Went to below average MS but found amazing peer group and teachers. Now going to Poolesville HS.

Lots of opportunities in MCPS if you take advantage of them.

My daughter is at Seneca Valley HS and the DCUM crowd would cringe at that. She's in the medical program with a 4.8 GPA, has a great peer group, and an athlete. MCPS has tons of programs for every kid (rich or poor) from college bound kids all the way to kids who intend to go into a trade. It takes someone with perspective and understanding that MCPS being one of the biggest and most diverse districts in the country, isn't here to just serve their own family; however it has many, many pathways to serve practically every kid who wants a good future. The key thing is WANT.