How happy are you with your children's educations?

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Anonymous wrote:

I am very happy with the education "I" am giving my child!
His MCPS elementary school has a good reputation, but only compared to the generally abysmal US standards. What makes me happy is how I supplement in math, writing, music, general culture, so that he can reach our family standards.

I would withdraw my child from his MCPS elementary school if I were you, PP. His experiences in school might contaminate him and reduce his chances of reaching your family standards. And you're providing all of the actual education already anyway, as you say. You would probably also make his teachers happier, if they no longer had a student whose parent has such contempt for the work they do.

Not the PP but there is truth in what she says. How much science is your elementary kid learning in school? IMO that's a GLARING deficit across the board in most school systems across the US.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS Kindergarten. I give the school and education a 9.

We are actually zoned for a supposedly mediocre school based on greatschools. I was concerned solely based on this number. Because our school is not deemed prestigious, class sizes are small. My son's kindergarten class has 22 students and the teacher is truly marvelous. We are not a title 1 school. We have a fairly large Hispanic population but the families seem warm and friendly. My son LOVES going to school daily. Very satisfied with the curriculum, pace and specials. For some reason, I thought there would not be any play because I kept hearing about teaching to the test but my 5yo has 2-3 recesses per day, plenty of time to eat lunch and snack, has centers (DS considers this play), PE 4 times per week, Music and Art (not sure how often the special is but they seem to do art daily in the actual classroom).

I am thrilled that DH did not cave to me buying a home in the Haycock or similar boundary.

Which school offers 2 to 3 recesses a day[/quote]

Our children are in a DC charter that has two recesses daily. Small classes too! We'd rate it a 2 on the OP's scale.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS Kindergarten. I give the school and education a 9.

We are actually zoned for a supposedly mediocre school based on greatschools. I was concerned solely based on this number. Because our school is not deemed prestigious, class sizes are small. My son's kindergarten class has 22 students and the teacher is truly marvelous. We are not a title 1 school. We have a fairly large Hispanic population but the families seem warm and friendly. My son LOVES going to school daily. Very satisfied with the curriculum, pace and specials. For some reason, I thought there would not be any play because I kept hearing about teaching to the test but my 5yo has 2-3 recesses per day, plenty of time to eat lunch and snack, has centers (DS considers this play), PE 4 times per week, Music and Art (not sure how often the special is but they seem to do art daily in the actual classroom).

I am thrilled that DH did not cave to me buying a home in the Haycock or similar boundary.

Which school offers 2 to 3 recesses a day[/quote]

Our children are in a DC charter that has two recesses daily. Small classes too! We'd rate it a 2 on the OP's scale.

PP here who rated education a 9. I thought 10 was the highest score but realized 10 was unhappy. I also rate our school a 2.