Are the wealthy leaving MCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-enrollment-declines-for-second-consecutive-year-after-decade-of-growth/

And the article says :
Enrollment decreases over the past two years are not unique to MCPS.

Recent research from the Brookings Institute showed that public school enrollment has decreased nationwide, largely in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. An NPR poll of 60 districts across the country showed an average enrollment drop of 16% in kindergarten.

If you read the article, you would learn that the only grades where MCPS is not losing students is K and 9th. So your point is totally irrelevant.

Parents are enrolling new students at the traditional entry points. However, at all other grades kids are leaving the system which is new and unique to MCPS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Private school (particularly before HS) isn’t about greater academics its about not having to do stuff:

- not having to compete for sports because every gets to play and in some cases has to play a sport a couple of seasons,
- not having to supplement or provide extracurriculars because everything is at school
- not having to encourage and motivate because the school will do all the hand holding
- not having to land the helicopter because the environment is small and everyone is going to remain naive about the world much longer


Aside from writing in upper ES/MS there is going to be very little difference in what kids learn in private vs a good public school.

I’m sure someone will comment on breadth vs depth in the comparison between public and private, to which I always respond, one is not better than the other. Particularly as kids don’t need to be experts on most things.

Maybe about 5-10 years ago. Not anymore. MCPS grade inflation was already rampant before covid and now forget about it.

Grade inflation is 3x higher in private schools

You're funny. I sometimes feel like I'm paying for my kids to get bad grades in private. Very untrue. Look at the percent of kids at MCPS on "honor roll" or in "honors" classes. It's a joke. And it catches up to some of them in college, unfortunately. I agree the magnets are better than privates - but there are more seats at privates than at magnets! Why we won't invest in challenging ALL kids is beyond me.

You can deny it all you want but grade inflation is 3x higher in private schools.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/

Actually, they said, the upward creep is most pronounced in schools with large numbers of white, wealthy students. And its especially noticeable in private schools, where the rate of inflation was about three times higher than in public schools

Not in most private schools in the DMV. MCPS was always a joke with their "honors" for all, but now they have reached the lowest of the lowest with their bloated grade inflation. And college admissions folks know all about it. Glad my kid is in her $40K a year private working hard for her As and Bs.

My kid at Seneca Valley HS (gasp!) is working her butt off on the IB program. She'll be graduating with an IB diploma and will be well prepared for college. Glad I don't have to pay $40K a year at a private to make sure she's working hard for her As and Bs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On the road? They reached the destination when they decided to put themselves first on March 16, 2020 Reap what you sow. All other public employees went to work in person. Nurses, firefighters, police. Teachers could have been heroes and increased their budgets!

Yawnnnn. Get a new song. This one is tired and stale.

I can tell you work for the schools because this is the line MCPS always uses because you are so entrenched in the community / like a tic. It’s ‘old news’. ‘Move on’. ‘Beating a dead horse.’ That’s how you know it’s landed a punch - so thank you for the response.

Honest question / how do you all come up with the same lines? I give you points for message discipline! Must be the principals. No matter the f-up…you just wait a little bit and keep collecting checks for your failures (curriculum 2.0, Damascus, COVID, Bus Camera, etc.) and then say ‘old news’ while the students have to keep dealing with your organization’s utter incompetence.

Now Blueprint for Maryland is going to reward these dreadful institutions with 4 billion MORE! Well, your b.s. is working. So there is that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-enrollment-declines-for-second-consecutive-year-after-decade-of-growth/

And the article says :
Enrollment decreases over the past two years are not unique to MCPS.

Recent research from the Brookings Institute showed that public school enrollment has decreased nationwide, largely in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. An NPR poll of 60 districts across the country showed an average enrollment drop of 16% in kindergarten.

If you read the article, you would learn that the only grades where MCPS is not losing students is K and 9th. So your point is totally irrelevant.

Parents are enrolling new students at the traditional entry points. However, at all other grades kids are leaving the system which is new and unique to MCPS.

I mean what are most people going to do? In America the schools are tied to your home. Not too many folks can then drop 50,000 a year on K-8. We did catholic though and Biden payments paid for the tuition - kid never missed a beat. They stayed open. So for our family we took federal funds and used them for tuition - the way it should be every year. But I think it’s coming…in a way COVID closures will have a silver lining. A bloated, corrupt outfit like MCPS will end pretty much wherever there is more diverse political thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-enrollment-declines-for-second-consecutive-year-after-decade-of-growth/

And the article says :
Enrollment decreases over the past two years are not unique to MCPS.

Recent research from the Brookings Institute showed that public school enrollment has decreased nationwide, largely in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. An NPR poll of 60 districts across the country showed an average enrollment drop of 16% in kindergarten.

If you read the article, you would learn that the only grades where MCPS is not losing students is K and 9th. So your point is totally irrelevant.

Parents are enrolling new students at the traditional entry points. However, at all other grades kids are leaving the system which is new and unique to MCPS.

I mean what are most people going to do? In America the schools are tied to your home. Not too many folks can then drop 50,000 a year on K-8. We did catholic though and Biden payments paid for the tuition - kid never missed a beat. They stayed open. So for our family we took federal funds and used them for tuition - the way it should be every year. But I think it’s coming…in a way COVID closures will have a silver lining. A bloated, corrupt outfit like MCPS will end pretty much wherever there is more diverse political thought.

Silver lining of covid is that now more people are aware of the problems with education in this country and willing to support a major overhaul.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the road? They reached the destination when they decided to put themselves first on March 16, 2020 Reap what you sow. All other public employees went to work in person. Nurses, firefighters, police. Teachers could have been heroes and increased their budgets!

Yawnnnn. Get a new song. This one is tired and stale.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the road? They reached the destination when they decided to put themselves first on March 16, 2020 Reap what you sow. All other public employees went to work in person. Nurses, firefighters, police. Teachers could have been heroes and increased their budgets!

Yawnnnn. Get a new song. This one is tired and stale.

I can tell you work for the schools because this is the line MCPS always uses because you are so entrenched in the community / like a tic. It’s ‘old news’. ‘Move on’. ‘Beating a dead horse.’ That’s how you know it’s landed a punch - so thank you for the response.

Honest question / how do you all come up with the same lines? I give you points for message discipline! Must be the principals. No matter the f-up…you just wait a little bit and keep collecting checks for your failures (curriculum 2.0, Damascus, COVID, Bus Camera, etc.) and then say ‘old news’ while the students have to keep dealing with your organization’s utter incompetence.

Now Blueprint for Maryland is going to reward these dreadful institutions with 4 billion MORE! Well, your b.s. is working. So there is that.

I think your tin foil hat is in need of a tune-up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-enrollment-declines-for-second-consecutive-year-after-decade-of-growth/

And the article says :
Enrollment decreases over the past two years are not unique to MCPS.

Recent research from the Brookings Institute showed that public school enrollment has decreased nationwide, largely in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. An NPR poll of 60 districts across the country showed an average enrollment drop of 16% in kindergarten.

If you read the article, you would learn that the only grades where MCPS is not losing students is K and 9th. So your point is totally irrelevant.

Parents are enrolling new students at the traditional entry points. However, at all other grades kids are leaving the system which is new and unique to MCPS.

I mean what are most people going to do? In America the schools are tied to your home. Not too many folks can then drop 50,000 a year on K-8. We did catholic though and Biden payments paid for the tuition - kid never missed a beat. They stayed open. So for our family we took federal funds and used them for tuition - the way it should be every year. But I think it’s coming…in a way COVID closures will have a silver lining. A bloated, corrupt outfit like MCPS will end pretty much wherever there is more diverse political thought.

You would hope! Unfortunately, we just keep throwing more money at a corrupt, abysmal school system. Not really any alternatives in this county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the road? They reached the destination when they decided to put themselves first on March 16, 2020 Reap what you sow. All other public employees went to work in person. Nurses, firefighters, police. Teachers could have been heroes and increased their budgets!

Yawnnnn. Get a new song. This one is tired and stale.

I can tell you work for the schools because this is the line MCPS always uses because you are so entrenched in the community / like a tic. It’s ‘old news’. ‘Move on’. ‘Beating a dead horse.’ That’s how you know it’s landed a punch - so thank you for the response.

Honest question / how do you all come up with the same lines? I give you points for message discipline! Must be the principals. No matter the f-up…you just wait a little bit and keep collecting checks for your failures (curriculum 2.0, Damascus, COVID, Bus Camera, etc.) and then say ‘old news’ while the students have to keep dealing with your organization’s utter incompetence.

Now Blueprint for Maryland is going to reward these dreadful institutions with 4 billion MORE! Well, your b.s. is working. So there is that.

I think your tin foil hat is in need of a tune-up.

Well you don’t work for the schools - at least it’s a new line. But I think you are the one projecting…definition of insanity - doing the same thing (spending billions on MCPS) and expecting a different result (majority of third graders reading at grade level). Here’s some homework to read up on after you get your foil hat together: Thornton Commission. Cliff Note: It WAS Kirwan circa 2004 and it failed too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-enrollment-declines-for-second-consecutive-year-after-decade-of-growth/

And the article says :
Enrollment decreases over the past two years are not unique to MCPS.

Recent research from the Brookings Institute showed that public school enrollment has decreased nationwide, largely in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. An NPR poll of 60 districts across the country showed an average enrollment drop of 16% in kindergarten.

If you read the article, you would learn that the only grades where MCPS is not losing students is K and 9th. So your point is totally irrelevant.

Parents are enrolling new students at the traditional entry points. However, at all other grades kids are leaving the system which is new and unique to MCPS.

I mean what are most people going to do? In America the schools are tied to your home. Not too many folks can then drop 50,000 a year on K-8. We did catholic though and Biden payments paid for the tuition - kid never missed a beat. They stayed open. So for our family we took federal funds and used them for tuition - the way it should be every year. But I think it’s coming…in a way COVID closures will have a silver lining. A bloated, corrupt outfit like MCPS will end pretty much wherever there is more diverse political thought.

You would hope! Unfortunately, we just keep throwing more money at a corrupt, abysmal school system. Not really any alternatives in this county.

Yeah, no diversity of thought! I agree…it’s why we moved.

[Anonymous]

If you have money, why go to MCPS? Overcrowded, lousy sports, poor facilities, a radical school board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have money, why go to MCPS? Overcrowded, lousy sports, poor facilities, a radical school board.

Our W feeder is underpowered and well we think it's wonderful. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but also some people just like to complain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have money, why go to MCPS? Overcrowded, lousy sports, poor facilities, a radical school board.

Our W feeder is underpowered and well we think it's wonderful. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but also some people just like to complain.

If you have the ability to give your kids smaller classes, better facilities and fewer weirdos —where Money is not an issue, why not?

[Anonymous]

Of course they are. They created these crap policies and voted for imbeciles to run the schools and now that it’s failing they move to private leaving everyone else stuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have money, why go to MCPS? Overcrowded, lousy sports, poor facilities, a radical school board.

Our W feeder is underpowered and well we think it's wonderful. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but also some people just like to complain.

If you have the ability to give your kids smaller classes, better facilities and fewer weirdos —where Money is not an issue, why not?

Ya sounds like MCPS has it all as far as their concerned and why pay tens of thousands to some private which by and large does worse.