MCPS is no longer a desirable school district

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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.

Sure but does she know ow the difference between two, to and too?

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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.

Sure but does she know ow the difference between two, to and too?

What?

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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.

Sure but does she know ow the difference between two, to and too?

Yes she learned that early on at ES in MCPS. Sorry your kid couldn't master it.

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Ask any mcps educator and they will tell you the truth- that this district has steadily declined over the last 20 years. Many choose to send their kids to private if they can afford it. I believe there are a lot of central office duds contributing to this conversation and saying overly postive, erroneous things.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a great system if your kid is motivated and takes advantages of the opportunities and programs. Especially if they find like minded peers.

For kids who are unmotivated, home life has much bigger impact than anything in schools.

You must be a “W” school parent because the opportunities you speak of are not widely available in the Eastern part of the county.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a great system if your kid is motivated and takes advantages of the opportunities and programs. Especially if they find like minded peers.

For kids who are unmotivated, home life has much bigger impact than anything in schools.

You must be a “W” school parent because the opportunities you speak of are not widely available in the Eastern part of the county.

You're a troll because most most of the opportunities/programs are in the eastern part of the county.

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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

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.

Something something grade inflation.

Motivated parents crowd into the "desirable" districts, leaving poorer or less motivated parents to the other districts where most of the students don't receive A's.

Most places I have lived redistrict schools on a regular basis to prevent this from happening quite so much, but in the DC area regular redistricting isn't apparently a thing.

Where did you live that they regularly redistricted? I’ve lived in 5 different states and none did this. In most of America, it’s the biggest determinant of home value which is the biggest determinant of wealth accumulation for the middle class. I’m genuinely curious where they do this regularly and if it affects the real estate narket. They need a freakonomjcs episode about this!

DP. Howard County right next door redistricts every few years, to keep numbers from being too uneven.

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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

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.

Something something grade inflation.

Motivated parents crowd into the "desirable" districts, leaving poorer or less motivated parents to the other districts where most of the students don't receive A's.

Most places I have lived redistrict schools on a regular basis to prevent this from happening quite so much, but in the DC area regular redistricting isn't apparently a thing.

Where did you live that they regularly redistricted? I’ve lived in 5 different states and none did this. In most of America, it’s the biggest determinant of home value which is the biggest determinant of wealth accumulation for the middle class. I’m genuinely curious where they do this regularly and if it affects the real estate narket. They need a freakonomjcs episode about this!

DP. Howard County right next door redistricts every few years, to keep numbers from being too uneven.

+1. Loudon has been redistricting just to keep up with people moving there. If MCPS just bit the bullet and did the full county boundary study and then reviewed them every 5/6 years, they would be much better off.

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MCPS is still a top school system. Many still do very well and going to top schools.

For all those haters….. bye bye!

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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.

Families leaving (like OPs) should only make things better for you. You will be one of the fewer people taking advantage of this exceptional school district that "rocks". The real question is, why are you so triggered?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a great system if your kid is motivated and takes advantages of the opportunities and programs. Especially if they find like minded peers.

For kids who are unmotivated, home life has much bigger impact than anything in schools.

You must be a “W” school parent because the opportunities you speak of are not widely available in the Eastern part of the county.

Not in the W district but you have got to be kidding me about not having opportunities in the Eastern part of MoCo. People in the DCC get to pick which HS they want and most of the middle school magnets are in Silver Spring. As an upcounty parent, I don't wanna hear it.

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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

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.

Something something grade inflation.

Motivated parents crowd into the "desirable" districts, leaving poorer or less motivated parents to the other districts where most of the students don't receive A's.

Most places I have lived redistrict schools on a regular basis to prevent this from happening quite so much, but in the DC area regular redistricting isn't apparently a thing.

Where did you live that they regularly redistricted? I’ve lived in 5 different states and none did this. In most of America, it’s the biggest determinant of home value which is the biggest determinant of wealth accumulation for the middle class. I’m genuinely curious where they do this regularly and if it affects the real estate narket. They need a freakonomjcs episode about this!

DP. Howard County right next door redistricts every few years, to keep numbers from being too uneven.

+1. Loudon has been redistricting just to keep up with people moving there. If MCPS just bit the bullet and did the full county boundary study and then reviewed them every 5/6 years, they would be much better off.

I feel that parents in other counties accept redistricting better than we do here. Maybe because it's not part of the culture in MCPS? Parents here would protest it.

My friend in Loudoun will have her 6th & 7th grader going to 2 different middle schools in the fall. (Neither are in a special program)

Imagine how that would go here!

I met a parent whose non-magnet kid will be joining their magnet sibling due to not liking their HS. The sibling will not be in magnet. That kind of nonsense should stop.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS is still a top school system. Many still do very well and going to top schools.

For all those haters….. bye bye!

Stop contradicting the false narrative we've been using to push the far-right agenda for vouchers!

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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

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.

Something something grade inflation.

Motivated parents crowd into the "desirable" districts, leaving poorer or less motivated parents to the other districts where most of the students don't receive A's.

Most places I have lived redistrict schools on a regular basis to prevent this from happening quite so much, but in the DC area regular redistricting isn't apparently a thing.

Where did you live that they regularly redistricted? I’ve lived in 5 different states and none did this. In most of America, it’s the biggest determinant of home value which is the biggest determinant of wealth accumulation for the middle class. I’m genuinely curious where they do this regularly and if it affects the real estate narket. They need a freakonomjcs episode about this!

DP. Howard County right next door redistricts every few years, to keep numbers from being too uneven.

+1. Loudon has been redistricting just to keep up with people moving there. If MCPS just bit the bullet and did the full county boundary study and then reviewed them every 5/6 years, they would be much better off.

I feel that parents in other counties accept redistricting better than we do here. Maybe because it's not part of the culture in MCPS? Parents here would protest it.

My friend in Loudoun will have her 6th & 7th grader going to 2 different middle schools in the fall. (Neither are in a special program)

Imagine how that would go here!

I met a parent whose non-magnet kid will be joining their magnet sibling due to not liking their HS. The sibling will not be in magnet. That kind of nonsense should stop.

I think it goes back to segregation and that's why they've put it off now for over 40 years.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a great system if your kid is motivated and takes advantages of the opportunities and programs. Especially if they find like minded peers.

For kids who are unmotivated, home life has much bigger impact than anything in schools.

You must be a “W” school parent because the opportunities you speak of are not widely available in the Eastern part of the county.

Not in the W district but you have got to be kidding me about not having opportunities in the Eastern part of MoCo. People in the DCC get to pick which HS they want and most of the middle school magnets are in Silver Spring. As an upcounty parent, I don't wanna hear it.

Both my DCC kids went to TPMS magnet. One went on to Wheaton Engr the other Blair SMCS. We felt it was great.