"Is MCPS losing its edge?"

[Anonymous]

To answer the title question: yes.
However,
if you talk to MCPS students who have met and talked to students from other parts of the country, let's say at camp, youth group, cousins etc.. they will tell you they are doing well and better off in the Montgomery County school system. As Board of Education member Harris said something along the lines of - people don't know how good they have it until they go elsewhere - could be true. (And no this is not someone from the Harris campaign nor is it Harris herself).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To answer the title question: yes.
However,
if you talk to MCPS students who have met and talked to students from other parts of the country, let's say at camp, youth group, cousins etc.. they will tell you they are doing well and better off in the Montgomery County school system. As Board of Education member Harris said something along the lines of - people don't know how good they have it until they go elsewhere - could be true. (And no this is not someone from the Harris campaign nor is it Harris herself).

Here is the link to the locked thread on what Harris said:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1195303.page

[Anonymous]

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When we became parents in this country we realized that K-12 curriculum and instruction is sub par across US. MCPS remains the better option in DMV public schools as well as DMV private schools.

We are legal immigrants who came to US with plum job offers in hand. We realized that we were invited because of the excellent education that we got in our country of origin. So, the last thing we wanted was to make our own kids less competitive by relying on the education that was being given to them.

We just cherry picked from MCPS magnet curriculum, TJ, Stuyvesant, Sugarland(TX), India and Singapore and supplemented ourselves at home. My kids went to MCPS magnet programs.

I admire parents who throw money, effort, time, advocacy etc to better their children education but the truth is that the clock is ticking. Your kid is in the school system for a finite time only and you need to do whatever you can to make sure that they get a robust and well rounded education while they are under your roof.

What you did widens the racial achievement gap and is, therefore, racist. Do better.

Racist?!?! You are crazy. Teaching to the lowest common denominator helps no one. Everyone gets a worse education. This is exactly what we do too - We supplement to fill the gaps because our schools are failing these kids in the name of equity.

Teaching to the LCD is the most effective way to decrease the achivement gap. It's a fact.

When you have no achievement there will be no achievement gap. It's a fact.

Idiotcracy is all about equity. It's a fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the title question: yes.
However,
if you talk to MCPS students who have met and talked to students from other parts of the country, let's say at camp, youth group, cousins etc.. they will tell you they are doing well and better off in the Montgomery County school system. As Board of Education member Harris said something along the lines of - people don't know how good they have it until they go elsewhere - could be true. (And no this is not someone from the Harris campaign nor is it Harris herself).

Here is the link to the locked thread on what Harris said:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1195303.page

I don’t know that that’s true. We moved to MCPS recently and are pretty disappointed in the large class sizes (28 kids for kid in ES and 28-35 kids for our MS kid) and also in the parent communication tech (parentvue/synergy/canvas) which is so confusing).

[Anonymous]

I go to mcps and even we know that were not learning we know that were just going to go babysitting
I have to study on my own every day just to learn something it is bad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I go to mcps and even we know that were not learning we know that were just going to go babysitting
I have to study on my own every day just to learn something it is bad

Thats true

[Anonymous]

school is a built in babysitting service yes all know this.

[Anonymous]

MoCo 360 finally put the online version of the feature article up: https://moco360.media/2024/10/08/does-mcps-deserve-a-passing-grade/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I go to mcps and even we know that were not learning we know that were just going to go babysitting
I have to study on my own every day just to learn something it is bad

You need to troll better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Churchill avg SAT score is 1,300.

not even close lmaooo

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To answer the title question: yes.
However,
if you talk to MCPS students who have met and talked to students from other parts of the country, let's say at camp, youth group, cousins etc.. they will tell you they are doing well and better off in the Montgomery County school system. As Board of Education member Harris said something along the lines of - people don't know how good they have it until they go elsewhere - could be true. (And no this is not someone from the Harris campaign nor is it Harris herself).

Here is the link to the locked thread on what Harris said:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1195303.page

I don’t know that that’s true. We moved to MCPS recently and are pretty disappointed in the large class sizes (28 kids for kid in ES and 28-35 kids for our MS kid) and also in the parent communication tech (parentvue/synergy/canvas) which is so confusing).

They should have 300-person lectures to better prepare students for college. This 28-35 students per class is so privileged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To answer the title question: yes.
However,
if you talk to MCPS students who have met and talked to students from other parts of the country, let's say at camp, youth group, cousins etc.. they will tell you they are doing well and better off in the Montgomery County school system. As Board of Education member Harris said something along the lines of - people don't know how good they have it until they go elsewhere - could be true. (And no this is not someone from the Harris campaign nor is it Harris herself).

This is true.

My kids are thriving compared to similarly situated peers in neighboring states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer the title question: yes.
However,
if you talk to MCPS students who have met and talked to students from other parts of the country, let's say at camp, youth group, cousins etc.. they will tell you they are doing well and better off in the Montgomery County school system. As Board of Education member Harris said something along the lines of - people don't know how good they have it until they go elsewhere - could be true. (And no this is not someone from the Harris campaign nor is it Harris herself).

This is true.

My kids are thriving compared to similarly situated peers in neighboring states.

Sure.

But they aren’t thriving when compared to kids at dc metro area privates.

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And that’s the problem imho.

As a parent with a handful of kids—including mcps graduates all the way down to current elementary students (and everything in between)—I can report things have gotten worse.

I can also report a dramatic increase in mcps families trying to get their kids into area private schools. Sadly, there are a very limited number of seats so most will be left in mcps.

I’m sick of it.

Raise the standards, focus on core subjects, use well established methods rather than chasing after the silver bullet that simply doesn’t exist, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To answer the title question: yes.
However,
if you talk to MCPS students who have met and talked to students from other parts of the country, let's say at camp, youth group, cousins etc.. they will tell you they are doing well and better off in the Montgomery County school system. As Board of Education member Harris said something along the lines of - people don't know how good they have it until they go elsewhere - could be true. (And no this is not someone from the Harris campaign nor is it Harris herself).

This is true.

My kids are thriving compared to similarly situated peers in neighboring states.

Sure.

But they aren’t thriving when compared to kids at dc metro area privates.

^^^
And that’s the problem imho.

As a parent with a handful of kids—including mcps graduates all the way down to current elementary students (and everything in between)—I can report things have gotten worse.

I can also report a dramatic increase in mcps families trying to get their kids into area private schools. Sadly, there are a very limited number of seats so most will be left in mcps.

I’m sick of it.

Raise the standards, focus on core subjects, use well established methods rather than chasing after the silver bullet that simply doesn’t exist, etc.

Actually, they thriving compared to kids at DC metro area private schools, and for free.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To answer the title question: yes.
However,
if you talk to MCPS students who have met and talked to students from other parts of the country, let's say at camp, youth group, cousins etc.. they will tell you they are doing well and better off in the Montgomery County school system. As Board of Education member Harris said something along the lines of - people don't know how good they have it until they go elsewhere - could be true. (And no this is not someone from the Harris campaign nor is it Harris herself).

This is true.

My kids are thriving compared to similarly situated peers in neighboring states.

Sure.

But they aren’t thriving when compared to kids at dc metro area privates.

^^^
And that’s the problem imho.

As a parent with a handful of kids—including mcps graduates all the way down to current elementary students (and everything in between)—I can report things have gotten worse.

I can also report a dramatic increase in mcps families trying to get their kids into area private schools. Sadly, there are a very limited number of seats so most will be left in mcps.

I’m sick of it.

Raise the standards, focus on core subjects, use well established methods rather than chasing after the silver bullet that simply doesn’t exist, etc.

Actually, they thriving compared to kids at DC metro area private schools, and for free.

You're delusional. Mcps is the bottom of the barrel outside of a few jewels like Poolesville and the Ws. If you can come up with a comparison that mcps is "better than" you're relying on fallacy. MCPS has a culture of apathy which is devolving into a culture of animosity towards students. It's worse than you think.