Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools

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Holton is the number 1 school of choice for girls at our K-8. I wonder if it’s also popular with other K-8s and if other schools have less of an increase.

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Anonymous wrote:Between the GDS letter sent to families that siblings are at risk and the statistic that Holton applications (for lower school at least) are up 60% this year, it seems like it's going to be a super competitive year across schools.

Anyone else hear anything from their school/other schools about whether application numbers are up? Would have thought now that publics are mostly recovered from COVID messes that numbers would be down but guess not...

Did Holton share that their admissions are up 60%? That's a big number!

Yeah, where did you see this?

Came from admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:I know a lot of people are bailing in FFX county for high school. Local schools just keep going downhill. Combine that with uncertainty regarding redistricting and people are being safe. Going to be an interesting cycle for sure.

+1. FCPS is run by a bunch of woke cretins who have done everything in their power to send higher-income families fleeing to private schools. The demand for solid alternatives will exceed the supply until more reputable private schools open.

Woke teachers are also in private school.

[Anonymous]

This is not a political post. Just a possible factor. Families may be hedging their bets because of the uncertainty surrounding what will happen in the public schools if the Dept of Ed is gone. Will that result in upheaval in the local schools? With guardrails removed, will schools perceived to be slipping slip further (at least in the short term)?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a lot of people are bailing in FFX county for high school. Local schools just keep going downhill. Combine that with uncertainty regarding redistricting and people are being safe. Going to be an interesting cycle for sure.

+1. FCPS is run by a bunch of woke cretins who have done everything in their power to send higher-income families fleeing to private schools. The demand for solid alternatives will exceed the supply until more reputable private schools open.

Woke teachers are also in private school.

Not in Catholic schools, for the most part.

Moreover, for the non-Catholic private schools that decide to waste resources on woke nonsense, they: (1) have sufficient resources to waste on woke nonsense without detracting from their core academic rigor; (2) don't tolerate violent/disruptive behavior from students out of fear of being labeled you-know-what; (3) aren't flooded with recent arrivals from foreign countries (often of dubious legal status) with all the behavioral and language issues that come with that. So, any woke nonsense in these non-Catholic schools is just window dressing.

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Anonymous wrote:Holton is the number 1 school of choice for girls at our K-8. I wonder if it’s also popular with other K-8s and if other schools have less of an increase.

Which k-8 is this? I think it's interesting a lot of girls are wanting to go to an all-girls school for high school.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not a political post. Just a possible factor. Families may be hedging their bets because of the uncertainty surrounding what will happen in the public schools if the Dept of Ed is gone. Will that result in upheaval in the local schools? With guardrails removed, will schools perceived to be slipping slip further (at least in the short term)?

After everything thrown at local schools with the wokery of the last 10 years? Doubt it.

Local schools are much more governed by the state Dept of Edu than any federal one.

However, I do wonder if the tripling of mortgage rates is causing more people to stay put instead of moving for better schools, and thus looking at the private options. It's so expensive to buy and sell these days that if you have one kid it may be more convenient to go private.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not a political post. Just a possible factor. Families may be hedging their bets because of the uncertainty surrounding what will happen in the public schools if the Dept of Ed is gone. Will that result in upheaval in the local schools? With guardrails removed, will schools perceived to be slipping slip further (at least in the short term)?

After everything thrown at local schools with the wokery of the last 10 years? Doubt it.

Local schools are much more governed by the state Dept of Edu than any federal one.

However, I do wonder if the tripling of mortgage rates is causing more people to stay put instead of moving for better schools, and thus looking at the private options. It's so expensive to buy and sell these days that if you have one kid it may be more convenient to go private.

I think you have a good point with the bolded. If people bought when first engaged or married they might have figured they would move to a bigger place/better district once their kids are older but now realize it's better to stay and just find a reasonable private. I know more than a few people in this situation.

[Anonymous]

Yes, this year will be really tough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not a political post. Just a possible factor. Families may be hedging their bets because of the uncertainty surrounding what will happen in the public schools if the Dept of Ed is gone. Will that result in upheaval in the local schools? With guardrails removed, will schools perceived to be slipping slip further (at least in the short term)?

After everything thrown at local schools with the wokery of the last 10 years? Doubt it.

Local schools are much more governed by the state Dept of Edu than any federal one.

However, I do wonder if the tripling of mortgage rates is causing more people to stay put instead of moving for better schools, and thus looking at the private options. It's so expensive to buy and sell these days that if you have one kid it may be more convenient to go private.

I think you have a good point with the bolded. If people bought when first engaged or married they might have figured they would move to a bigger place/better district once their kids are older but now realize it's better to stay and just find a reasonable private. I know more than a few people in this situation.

We are in this scenario. We were fortunate to buy our modest ”starter home” in our very early 20s and were told we would need to move to a better area when we have kids. Ten years later, it’s turned into our “forever home” and are pursuing private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not a political post. Just a possible factor. Families may be hedging their bets because of the uncertainty surrounding what will happen in the public schools if the Dept of Ed is gone. Will that result in upheaval in the local schools? With guardrails removed, will schools perceived to be slipping slip further (at least in the short term)?

After everything thrown at local schools with the wokery of the last 10 years? Doubt it.

Local schools are much more governed by the state Dept of Edu than any federal one.

However, I do wonder if the tripling of mortgage rates is causing more people to stay put instead of moving for better schools, and thus looking at the private options. It's so expensive to buy and sell these days that if you have one kid it may be more convenient to go private.

I think you have a good point with the bolded. If people bought when first engaged or married they might have figured they would move to a bigger place/better district once their kids are older but now realize it's better to stay and just find a reasonable private. I know more than a few people in this situation.

We are in this scenario. We were fortunate to buy our modest ”starter home” in our very early 20s and were told we would need to move to a better area when we have kids. Ten years later, it’s turned into our “forever home” and are pursuing private school.

This was us, too. We were inside the Beltway in Virginia. We thought, "Hey, it's FCPS, how bad can it be?" It was bad. We paid for private throughout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not a political post. Just a possible factor. Families may be hedging their bets because of the uncertainty surrounding what will happen in the public schools if the Dept of Ed is gone. Will that result in upheaval in the local schools? With guardrails removed, will schools perceived to be slipping slip further (at least in the short term)?

After everything thrown at local schools with the wokery of the last 10 years? Doubt it.

Local schools are much more governed by the state Dept of Edu than any federal one.

However, I do wonder if the tripling of mortgage rates is causing more people to stay put instead of moving for better schools, and thus looking at the private options. It's so expensive to buy and sell these days that if you have one kid it may be more convenient to go private.

I think you have a good point with the bolded. If people bought when first engaged or married they might have figured they would move to a bigger place/better district once their kids are older but now realize it's better to stay and just find a reasonable private. I know more than a few people in this situation.

We are in this scenario. We were fortunate to buy our modest ”starter home” in our very early 20s and were told we would need to move to a better area when we have kids. Ten years later, it’s turned into our “forever home” and are pursuing private school.

This is our scenario too. We thought we could at least make it to middle school until springing for private, but I’m very unhappy with MCPS. So here we are, contributing to the high application numbers…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not a political post. Just a possible factor. Families may be hedging their bets because of the uncertainty surrounding what will happen in the public schools if the Dept of Ed is gone. Will that result in upheaval in the local schools? With guardrails removed, will schools perceived to be slipping slip further (at least in the short term)?

After everything thrown at local schools with the wokery of the last 10 years? Doubt it.

Local schools are much more governed by the state Dept of Edu than any federal one.

However, I do wonder if the tripling of mortgage rates is causing more people to stay put instead of moving for better schools, and thus looking at the private options. It's so expensive to buy and sell these days that if you have one kid it may be more convenient to go private.

I think you have a good point with the bolded. If people bought when first engaged or married they might have figured they would move to a bigger place/better district once their kids are older but now realize it's better to stay and just find a reasonable private. I know more than a few people in this situation.

We are in this scenario. We were fortunate to buy our modest ”starter home” in our very early 20s and were told we would need to move to a better area when we have kids. Ten years later, it’s turned into our “forever home” and are pursuing private school.

This was our situation. We bought at the right time with great mortgage rate. We have since doubled our HHI and the value of our home has also increased twofold, but moving to a desirable MCPS option would have been way more expensive than paying for private.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Holton is the number 1 school of choice for girls at our K-8. I wonder if it’s also popular with other K-8s and if other schools have less of an increase.

Which k-8 is this? I think it's interesting a lot of girls are wanting to go to an all-girls school for high school.

NP and I don’t know if we are talking about the same school. However, our co-ed k-8 has swung in the direction of girls applying to more all-girls’ schools this year and last year. It’s more similar to how it was pre-2020. Right after the pandemic, it seemed like every kid at our school was chasing lost time and wanted a comprehensive, rah-rah, co-ed, classic high school experience. But the girls at our school found admissions to be way more competitive at those schools than the boys did, and girls with higher stats and better extracurriculars had far worse admissions outcomes than boys. It led to a lot of frustration and confusion. I think the increase in applications to all-girls schools from our school represents girls seeking out a different and maybe more predictable admissions situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a lot of people are bailing in FFX county for high school. Local schools just keep going downhill. Combine that with uncertainty regarding redistricting and people are being safe. Going to be an interesting cycle for sure.

+1. FCPS is run by a bunch of woke cretins who have done everything in their power to send higher-income families fleeing to private schools. The demand for solid alternatives will exceed the supply until more reputable private schools open.

Woke teachers are also in private school.

Not in Catholic schools, for the most part.

Moreover, for the non-Catholic private schools that decide to waste resources on woke nonsense, they: (1) have sufficient resources to waste on woke nonsense without detracting from their core academic rigor; (2) don't tolerate violent/disruptive behavior from students out of fear of being labeled you-know-what; (3) aren't flooded with recent arrivals from foreign countries (often of dubious legal status) with all the behavioral and language issues that come with that. So, any woke nonsense in these non-Catholic schools is just window dressing.

You sound racist. I wish people would stop using the word “woke” and just say exactly what it is you don’t like that they’re supposedly teaching or tolerating.