How to identify good schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait. How can you now argue public schools are better when they closed or did virtual school for nearly TWO years. Even the worst private school stayed open….cue panic from MCPS teachers about their pensions now commenting below. And you weren’t very good pre-pandemic to begin with…

Or, y'know, a year and three months

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait. How can you now argue public schools are better when they closed or did virtual school for nearly TWO years. Even the worst private school stayed open….cue panic from MCPS teachers about their pensions now commenting below. And you weren’t very good pre-pandemic to begin with…

How can you compare a school district with 160K students with a tiny private that has a .. what.. like a thousand students, at most? Stupid comparison.

And why do private school parents continue to troll on MCPS forum, yet when when a public school parent posts on the private school forum you all get super angry?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait. How can you now argue public schools are better when they closed or did virtual school for nearly TWO years. Even the worst private school stayed open….cue panic from MCPS teachers about their pensions now commenting below. And you weren’t very good pre-pandemic to begin with…

MCPS stayed open. Virtual is fine for kids with involved parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait. How can you now argue public schools are better when they closed or did virtual school for nearly TWO years. Even the worst private school stayed open….cue panic from MCPS teachers about their pensions now commenting below. And you weren’t very good pre-pandemic to begin with…

How can you compare a school district with 160K students with a tiny private that has a .. what.. like a thousand students, at most? Stupid comparison.

And why do private school parents continue to troll on MCPS forum, yet when when a public school parent posts on the private school forum you all get super angry?

Ever heard of the sunk cost fallacy? Parents are spending in the neighborhood of 20 to $40,000 a year on private school and they just seem so insecure and desperate to justify the cost. Bragging about sending your kid to private school just makes you look like an insecure social climber

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait. How can you now argue public schools are better when they closed or did virtual school for nearly TWO years. Even the worst private school stayed open….cue panic from MCPS teachers about their pensions now commenting below. And you weren’t very good pre-pandemic to begin with…

How can you compare a school district with 160K students with a tiny private that has a .. what.. like a thousand students, at most? Stupid comparison.

And why do private school parents continue to troll on MCPS forum, yet when when a public school parent posts on the private school forum you all get super angry?

Very dumb comparison. Its much easier to keep kids distanced when you have a large campus, lots more space and only a few hundred kids.

[Anonymous]

A lot of DCUM posters here just trying to raise the property values of their homes so take advice with a grain of salt.

I’m extremely happy with our kids’ N Potomac school. Very diverse in a good way, friendly, smart and well-behaved peers. Not something what I’ve noticed in some other areas of MCPS. W schools children can be overly competitive, cliquish and tribal, and some areas of Blair are rough.

How I found our school was making sure it was diverse (not just white/Asian) and has good test scores. I tend to agree with Niche rankings … Great Schools is terrible.

[Anonymous]

You guys love artisanal bread but supersized high schools - makes no sense. You get what you pay for - and frankly really depends on the kid. Some can handle/thrive on the chaos that is your average MCPS and some can’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of DCUM posters here just trying to raise the property values of their homes so take advice with a grain of salt.

I’m extremely happy with our kids’ N Potomac school. Very diverse in a good way, friendly, smart and well-behaved peers. Not something what I’ve noticed in some other areas of MCPS. W schools children can be overly competitive, cliquish and tribal, and some areas of Blair are rough.

How I found our school was making sure it was diverse (not just white/Asian) and has good test scores. I tend to agree with Niche rankings … Great Schools is terrible.

What does the bolded me? Is there a "bad way" in terms of diversity? Like too many poor people?

In MCPS, N. Potomac area is not really considered diverse. I live very close to that area (vast majority are white/Asian).

Rockville, Germantown, Gaithersburg are the most diverse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys love artisanal bread but supersized high schools - makes no sense. You get what you pay for - and frankly really depends on the kid. Some can handle/thrive on the chaos that is your average MCPS and some can’t.

? what does artisanal bread have to do with sending your kid to MCPS?

Some kids need a lot of hand holding and extra help; other kids do just fine in large schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These are a few years out of date due to the pandemic, but take a look at the school survey results here:

https://sharedaccountability.mcpsmd.org/SurveyResults/content.php

The staff surveys are often more informative than the parents'.

Never rely on a MCPS survey.

If you care about academics, just use the official school profiles (the PDF ones). They'll tell you which schools have high truancy or which meet UofMD college standards. Also compare the U.S. News school rankings, since that's the one most often used by admissions counselors.

Snort.

Admissions counselors don't consult US News rankings. What are you smoking and where can I get some?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nag. That’s 90s thinking. Do NOT correlate housing to schools. Pick the CHEAPEST and SAFEST neighborhood and go private.

Why waste money on an inferior product?

LOL you wish. Time to work a little harder for tuition!

Been there. I know

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait. How can you now argue public schools are better when they closed or did virtual school for nearly TWO years. Even the worst private school stayed open….cue panic from MCPS teachers about their pensions now commenting below. And you weren’t very good pre-pandemic to begin with…

You had two years to catch up and be able to compete. Unfortunately, y'all still can't compete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys love artisanal bread but supersized high schools - makes no sense. You get what you pay for - and frankly really depends on the kid. Some can handle/thrive on the chaos that is your average MCPS and some can’t.

? what does artisanal bread have to do with sending your kid to MCPS?

Some kids need a lot of hand holding and extra help; other kids do just fine in large schools.

I find the percentage of kids who Need this to be small. The percentage of parents who believe their kids need this is much higher which is why we see kids soo coddled. All kids benefit from individual and personal attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys love artisanal bread but supersized high schools - makes no sense. You get what you pay for - and frankly really depends on the kid. Some can handle/thrive on the chaos that is your average MCPS and some can’t.

? what does artisanal bread have to do with sending your kid to MCPS?

Some kids need a lot of hand holding and extra help; other kids do just fine in large schools.

I find the percentage of kids who Need this to be small. The percentage of parents who believe their kids need this is much higher which is why we see kids soo coddled. All kids benefit from individual and personal attention.

Many kids get lost in large MS and HS and often parents don't realize it till its too late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of DCUM posters here just trying to raise the property values of their homes so take advice with a grain of salt.

I’m extremely happy with our kids’ N Potomac school. Very diverse in a good way, friendly, smart and well-behaved peers. Not something what I’ve noticed in some other areas of MCPS. W schools children can be overly competitive, cliquish and tribal, and some areas of Blair are rough.

How I found our school was making sure it was diverse (not just white/Asian) and has good test scores. I tend to agree with Niche rankings … Great Schools is terrible.

What does the bolded me? Is there a "bad way" in terms of diversity? Like too many poor people?

In MCPS, N. Potomac area is not really considered diverse. I live very close to that area (vast majority are white/Asian).

Rockville, Germantown, Gaithersburg are the most diverse.

North Potomac is Gaithersburg where people wanted more land/new homes.