APS Students Who Went Private -- How many

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We withdrew from McKinley last summer to switch to private. Love it so we are staying! School contacted us last week to ask if we will return.

We left McK too and will never go back to APS I haven't been contacted. I have a feeling the response on my reason for leaving was crystal clear so no need to contact me.

McK was down about 100 kids at the start of the year. Which is ironic given that the school was overcrowded by about 100. Fewer kids means Reed may not be completely full when it opens in the fall.

[Anonymous]

Catholic is 6-7k per kid if you are a parishioner. Usually 10-12k per kid if you are not.
We also left because of the over reliance on computer games to teach lower elementary levels.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They didn’t withdraw because of the pandemic. They withdrew because of APS’s response to the pandemic.

True! I’d say that our school is down 10-12% since spring 2020 levels. I know of more leaving for 2021-2022.

Well 10% would help with overcrowding. Maybe that was SB master plan...

It’s the wrong 10% if they care about test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Catholic is 6-7k per kid if you are a parishioner. Usually 10-12k per kid if you are not.
We also left because of the over reliance on computer games to teach lower elementary levels.

Oops sorry we are fcps, I didn’t realize I was in a non-FCPS thread

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They didn’t withdraw because of the pandemic. They withdrew because of APS’s response to the pandemic.

True! I’d say that our school is down 10-12% since spring 2020 levels. I know of more leaving for 2021-2022.

Well 10% would help with overcrowding. Maybe that was SB master plan...

It’s the wrong 10% if they care about test scores.

They don’t. They only care about budget and being re-elected. We aren’t Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

We have one child leaving an APS high school at the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

APS emailed today to find out if my 9th grader that left "due to Covid" would be coming back to APS next year.

AS if that is why we left ! He accepted Jan. 2020 pre-Covid...and the application process was back in Fall of 2019. Many of his buddies left then too; pre-Covid.

[Anonymous]

8,000 kids left FCPS this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:8,000 kids left FCPS this year.

Wow almost 5% there as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They didn’t withdraw because of the pandemic. They withdrew because of APS’s response to the pandemic.

True! I’d say that our school is down 10-12% since spring 2020 levels. I know of more leaving for 2021-2022.

Well 10% would help with overcrowding. Maybe that was SB master plan...

It’s the wrong 10% if they care about test scores.

Because...? Are you suggesting that the ones that could afford private boost the scores?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:8,000 kids left FCPS this year.

It's crazy to think 8000 private slots were available throughout the area. Some must have homeschooled or redshirted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They didn’t withdraw because of the pandemic. They withdrew because of APS’s response to the pandemic.

True! I’d say that our school is down 10-12% since spring 2020 levels. I know of more leaving for 2021-2022.

Well 10% would help with overcrowding. Maybe that was SB master plan...

It’s the wrong 10% if they care about test scores.

Because...? Are you suggesting that the ones that could afford private boost the scores?

So, are you implying scores are not a reflection of socioeconomic factors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8,000 kids left FCPS this year.

It's crazy to think 8000 private slots were available throughout the area. Some must have homeschooled or redshirted.

Lots of people probably moved elsewhere too with remote work. Is it mostly missing Ks or more spread out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since March of 2020 APS K-12 enrollment has declined by 1308 students.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/U-Mem_281_Membership-Summary-All.pdf
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/U-MEM_281_Membership-Summary-All_4_8_2020.pdf

Vast majority of this is missing K and some elemntary kids.

Middle school is down just 140 kids; high school down like 50 kids. Most kids in APS are staying in APS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They didn’t withdraw because of the pandemic. They withdrew because of APS’s response to the pandemic.

True! I’d say that our school is down 10-12% since spring 2020 levels. I know of more leaving for 2021-2022.

Well 10% would help with overcrowding. Maybe that was SB master plan...

It’s the wrong 10% if they care about test scores.

Because...? Are you suggesting that the ones that could afford private boost the scores?

So, are you implying scores are not a reflection of socioeconomic factors?

PP may not say it but yeah, the 10% that left were not the ones who were at the lower end of test scores. Not PC to say but that's reality.