Disappointed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We moved here for the excellent public schools and I now find myself in the position of sending my DC to $40k/year Kindergarten. Several people we know were gung ho about public and then Covid hit, and they’ve lost complete faith in the school system’s ability to put kids first and focus on what’s high priority. Basically everyone I know who had the foresight and the money switched to private and they’re not coming back. I know, don’t let the door hit us on the way out. But I’m disappointed because I would have loved to send public but no longer feel it’s a great option.

Ok. You aren’t at all saying why you are disappointed. My kids are in aap and an immersion school and we are enjoying our FCPS experience, in a middling pyramid. I am not an ivy-climber however.

One thought though; YOUR particular child will never be first in FCPS and perhaps that is why you are upset.

You will be told that YOUR particular child WILL be put first in a private because that is how they get your money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kindergarten was disappointing for both my kids way before Covid. They are basically working with kids who did pre-school/pre K and kids who never set foot on a school. Then it gets going.

What gets going? I don't understand.

School. The good stuff. Although I disagree that school gets going in 1st grade. It really gets going in 3rd grade, maybe 2nd grade depending upon the teacher.

With kindergarten being what 1st grade used to be, it means that 1st grade is basically a repeat. Somehow they need to go back to the old kindergarten, which is what good preschools are now. It's better for all children, those who are advanced and those who are not.

- parent of an "advanced" child

As the K teacher I agree. The curriculum and pacing guide for Kindergarten is ridiculous. And it’s so much pressure to be reaching these things and pushing it even if kids aren’t really getting it yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We moved here for the excellent public schools and I now find myself in the position of sending my DC to $40k/year Kindergarten. Several people we know were gung ho about public and then Covid hit, and they’ve lost complete faith in the school system’s ability to put kids first and focus on what’s high priority. Basically everyone I know who had the foresight and the money switched to private and they’re not coming back. I know, don’t let the door hit us on the way out. But I’m disappointed because I would have loved to send public but no longer feel it’s a great option.

Sears right there with you OP. We bought a SFH in FFX specifically for the excellent reputation of the schools.

Fast-forward to Covid, and the elected school board has been exposed for the radicals they are. They are so extreme!

But their views aside, they are not putting our kids first. They serve only to please the teachers union. They spend and spend, wasting our money (and federal money) on the most ridiculous projects, which do not help our kids learn!

[Anonymous]

“We are” not “sears.” Stupid autocorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“We are” not “sears.” Stupid autocorrect.

We already knew what Jo Jo thinks about FCPS, lol.

[Anonymous]

I have 2 issues with fcps. Class size and overuse of computer learning. I think these flaws though are present in any public system and not particular to fcps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 issues with fcps. Class size and overuse of computer learning. I think these flaws though are present in any public system and not particular to fcps.

My fourth grade said he rarely uses a computer. Apparently he just published some writing on Google but that’s about it. Seems each teacher is doing their own thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved here for the excellent public schools and I now find myself in the position of sending my DC to $40k/year Kindergarten. Several people we know were gung ho about public and then Covid hit, and they’ve lost complete faith in the school system’s ability to put kids first and focus on what’s high priority. Basically everyone I know who had the foresight and the money switched to private and they’re not coming back. I know, don’t let the door hit us on the way out. But I’m disappointed because I would have loved to send public but no longer feel it’s a great option.

Sears right there with you OP. We bought a SFH in FFX specifically for the excellent reputation of the schools.

Fast-forward to Covid, and the elected school board has been exposed for the radicals they are. They are so extreme!

But their views aside, they are not putting our kids first. They serve only to please the teachers union. They spend and spend, wasting our money (and federal money) on the most ridiculous projects, which do not help our kids learn!

It's like a bot is writing these or something. You just repeated the same blah blah blah political complaints with no specifics..."radicals", "extreme", "not putting kids first", "wasting our money", and then of course cite the evil, boogeyman teachers union...which doesn't even have collective bargaining rights and cannot legally strike so has absolutely no power.

But okay, go ahead, bot. Poison the well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved here for the excellent public schools and I now find myself in the position of sending my DC to $40k/year Kindergarten. Several people we know were gung ho about public and then Covid hit, and they’ve lost complete faith in the school system’s ability to put kids first and focus on what’s high priority. Basically everyone I know who had the foresight and the money switched to private and they’re not coming back. I know, don’t let the door hit us on the way out. But I’m disappointed because I would have loved to send public but no longer feel it’s a great option.

Sears right there with you OP. We bought a SFH in FFX specifically for the excellent reputation of the schools.

Fast-forward to Covid, and the elected school board has been exposed for the radicals they are. They are so extreme!

But their views aside, they are not putting our kids first. They serve only to please the teachers union. They spend and spend, wasting our money (and federal money) on the most ridiculous projects, which do not help our kids learn!

It's like a bot is writing these or something. You just repeated the same blah blah blah political complaints with no specifics..."radicals", "extreme", "not putting kids first", "wasting our money", and then of course cite the evil, boogeyman teachers union...which doesn't even have collective bargaining rights and cannot legally strike so has absolutely no power.

But okay, go ahead, bot. Poison the well.

Why would I (or anyone else) post a meaningful response, when you have so loudly proclaimed your closed-mindedness, and inability to carry on an adult discussion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is super disappointing. Sorry you didn’t realize it before you moved here. They are a marketing machine and have skated by on a old reputation.

+1
FCPS *used* to be excellent. That is true. It no longer is.

Please prove this. Show us that high schoolers are getting into far worse colleges or have lower graduation rates.

People have been making the same damn complaints since I started reading DCUM 11 years ago. And yet a couple generations of kids have come and gone through the system and idone incredibly well in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved here for the excellent public schools and I now find myself in the position of sending my DC to $40k/year Kindergarten. Several people we know were gung ho about public and then Covid hit, and they’ve lost complete faith in the school system’s ability to put kids first and focus on what’s high priority. Basically everyone I know who had the foresight and the money switched to private and they’re not coming back. I know, don’t let the door hit us on the way out. But I’m disappointed because I would have loved to send public but no longer feel it’s a great option.

Sears right there with you OP. We bought a SFH in FFX specifically for the excellent reputation of the schools.

Fast-forward to Covid, and the elected school board has been exposed for the radicals they are. They are so extreme!

But their views aside, they are not putting our kids first. They serve only to please the teachers union. They spend and spend, wasting our money (and federal money) on the most ridiculous projects, which do not help our kids learn!

It's like a bot is writing these or something. You just repeated the same blah blah blah political complaints with no specifics..."radicals", "extreme", "not putting kids first", "wasting our money", and then of course cite the evil, boogeyman teachers union...which doesn't even have collective bargaining rights and cannot legally strike so has absolutely no power.

But okay, go ahead, bot. Poison the well.

So they serve a teacher's union that doesn't exist?. In what way are they radical.

You're just spatting stuff that doesn't even make sense because it has no basis in reality or fact.

[Anonymous]

What are you looking for that you didn’t get? You didn’t give it much of a try since you kid is only in K. We did the opposite and paid 20k+ for K for our oldest a very long time ago and then switched to FCPS. We have been happy and started with FCPS for our younger children. You won’t find a perfect school but FCPS had more resources in elementary than our private. We have been very happy with the options once they got older. Our oldest is in HS now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is super disappointing. Sorry you didn’t realize it before you moved here. They are a marketing machine and have skated by on a old reputation.

+1
FCPS *used* to be excellent. That is true. It no longer is.

Please prove this. Show us that high schoolers are getting into far worse colleges or have lower graduation rates.

People have been making the same damn complaints since I started reading DCUM 11 years ago. And yet a couple generations of kids have come and gone through the system and idone incredibly well in life.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Boo hoo hoo! I have $40,000 to spend on private kindergarten. Why am I being tortured this way by FCPS!????

Q: What bothered you about FCPS, OP?
A: I don't know! I heard it is BAAAAAD. I never bothered to find out for myself.... I was too busy looking for ways to spend $40,000.... it's discrimination.

[Anonymous]

Start here:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/981952.page