Mass exodus from public school?

[Anonymous]

The big problem isn't going to be rich people going private, it's going to be trying to juggle the kids who stay in public who have been learning well for the past year with those who have tuned out and are being left behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The big problem isn't going to be rich people going private, it's going to be trying to juggle the kids who stay in public who have been learning well for the past year with those who have tuned out and are being left behind.

+1 you win the smartest person award.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big problem isn't going to be rich people going private, it's going to be trying to juggle the kids who stay in public who have been learning well for the past year with those who have tuned out and are being left behind.

+1 you win the smartest person award.

Which is why I think there will be some level of exodus. The gap will widen, and it is unrealistic to expert teachers to fix the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big problem isn't going to be rich people going private, it's going to be trying to juggle the kids who stay in public who have been learning well for the past year with those who have tuned out and are being left behind.

+1 you win the smartest person award.

Which is why I think there will be some level of exodus. The gap will widen, and it is unrealistic to expert teachers to fix the problem.

not unless more private schools are under construction. The exodus has already occurred. Anyone looking to jump ship now is going to have to luck into a seat

[Anonymous]

I agree with the PP who talked about trying to juggle the kids who've been learning and keeping up as much as possible with the ones who've been checked out.

As far as a mass exodus from public school, lets be real. Where else are those of us who can't afford private going to go? Like it's not actually a choice for most of us. Public is what we will always only ever have.

[Anonymous]

There's not going to be any "mass exodus." Most people cannot afford private school, and they work and thus cannot homeschool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big problem isn't going to be rich people going private, it's going to be trying to juggle the kids who stay in public who have been learning well for the past year with those who have tuned out and are being left behind.

+1 you win the smartest person award.

Which is why I think there will be some level of exodus. The gap will widen, and it is unrealistic to expert teachers to fix the problem.

Right so that is why I’m going to send my kids to private. I’ll have to decide before FCPS says whether they’ll be open full time in the fall or not. I would stay if I knew it would be full time, despite the mess. But if I know it will be a mess & I don’t have a guarantee that they’ll be open full time at the time I have to decide - I’ll take my chances on private. It’s a risk but I think it’s one I’m willing to take after a year of DL that I didn’t choose.

I like our neighborhood public school. I always thought we would do that unless there was a serious problem. Never did it cross my mind that the serious problem would be the public school wasn’t open for full time in person instruction.

[Anonymous]

It’s not a mass exodus, but it is a light stream of people leaving. For private. For homeschool. For online programs.

There are also politically motivated movements urging “unschooling” — check out PublicSchoolExit https://www.publicschoolexit.com/

It’s a pretty sinister group, but they know parents are unhappy w/ public education and they’re urging people to leave it entirely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:please stop the empty threats for going to private and just go

Word. I mean, less crammed students in my class? Puh - lease!!!!
Make it happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:please stop the empty threats for going to private and just go

Word. I mean, less crammed students in my class? Puh - lease!!!!
Make it happen.

Be careful what you wish for. The wealthy are a huge benefit to the public school system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big problem isn't going to be rich people going private, it's going to be trying to juggle the kids who stay in public who have been learning well for the past year with those who have tuned out and are being left behind.

+1 you win the smartest person award.

Which is why I think there will be some level of exodus. The gap will widen, and it is unrealistic to expert teachers to fix the problem.

I think we'll just see more tracking, whether it's an official policy or a de facto implementation. You can already see it happening in my kid's virtual K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:please stop the empty threats for going to private and just go

Word. I mean, less crammed students in my class? Puh - lease!!!!
Make it happen.

Be careful what you wish for. The wealthy are a huge benefit to wealthy students in the public school system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:please stop the empty threats for going to private and just go

Word. I mean, less crammed students in my class? Puh - lease!!!!
Make it happen.

Be careful what you wish for. The wealthy are a huge benefit to wealthy students in the public school system.

How so? PTA donations? They pay the same taxes regardless of whether their students are enrolled in public or elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:please stop the empty threats for going to private and just go

Word. I mean, less crammed students in my class? Puh - lease!!!!
Make it happen.

Be careful what you wish for. The wealthy are a huge benefit to wealthy students in the public school system.

How so? PTA donations? They pay the same taxes regardless of whether their students are enrolled in public or elsewhere.

Someone check me on this but I think the public school gets per pupil money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big problem isn't going to be rich people going private, it's going to be trying to juggle the kids who stay in public who have been learning well for the past year with those who have tuned out and are being left behind.

+1 you win the smartest person award.

Which is why I think there will be some level of exodus. The gap will widen, and it is unrealistic to expert teachers to fix the problem.

I think we'll just see more tracking, whether it's an official policy or a de facto implementation. You can already see it happening in my kid's virtual K.

and a push for kids who fell behid to go to summer school.

In MCPS alone there are 160K students. There is no way all of the UMC/MC families can find spots in private schools. Not gonna happen. There will not be a "mass exodus". My one kid is in a magnet, and another is not. Out of all their friends, I only know of one person (not UMC) who moved out of state, and the rest have stayed in MCPS.

Even if we are in hybrid mode in the fall, there isn't enough space in privates for all the MC/UMC families. Most people will stay put and ride it out.

So if OP means 1% to 2% of the student body = mass exodus, then I guess there's a mass exodus. But OP would have a very different definition of "mass" than most people do.

-UMC parent