Leaving MCPS

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are es. We are considering leaving for MS and then coming back for HS

As a teacher, I have seen this work for some kids. You just need to be be very selective about the private school. Avoid the “Christian Academy” type. This is not to say avoid all religious schools. Many are strong.

I agree with this. We went to Christ Episcopal School (CES) in Rockville and might as well have just done public all along.

In what way? I know someone with a kid there who raves about the small class sizes and tons of individual attention their kid gets

So small that there is no point of comparison, so you don't know your kid as not as smart/brilliant as the school would have you believe. Trust me. If there are six kids in a class, the "smartest" kid is the smartest of six. And of those six, a couple of kids might have mild learning disabilities and are there because they would struggle in a regular sized classroom. If there are 23 kids in a class in MCPS, the smartest kid is the smartest of 23 and they have standardized testing to back it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are es. We are considering leaving for MS and then coming back for HS

As a teacher, I have seen this work for some kids. You just need to be be very selective about the private school. Avoid the “Christian Academy” type. This is not to say avoid all religious schools. Many are strong.

I agree with this. We went to Christ Episcopal School (CES) in Rockville and might as well have just done public all along.

In what way? I know someone with a kid there who raves about the small class sizes and tons of individual attention their kid gets

So small that there is no point of comparison, so you don't know your kid as not as smart/brilliant as the school would have you believe. Trust me. If there are six kids in a class, the "smartest" kid is the smartest of six. And of those six, a couple of kids might have mild learning disabilities and are there because they would struggle in a regular sized classroom. If there are 23 kids in a class in MCPS, the smartest kid is the smartest of 23 and they have standardized testing to back it up.

And of course they get individual attention. How could you not? The eighth grade class only had 4 kids. Can you imagine one of those 4 kids NOT getting individual attention???!! How could that even happen??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD is leaving MCPS after the school year ends. She is going to a private all girls school for middle school and I feel such relief. It wasn’t working for her. She hated school and I didn’t blame her. It has nothing to do with the budget and everything to do with the size.

Oh, you sweet summer child.

New girl in private middle is…a lot.