Having had kids at various schools over the years including expensive privates I have to say, and my kids would agree, that Lyles Crouch was our absolutely favorite school of them all. Great teachers, amazing community, and so many go on to attend top college or vocational programs. The place was so well run - such a focus on kindness and character. An amazing foundation. Wish all of the ACPS schools could follow their model. |
Kids left Lyles Crouch to go onto great colleges and vocational schools? Fascinating. |
Presumably after their parents enrolled them in private school. |
I’m the MCPS ‘culture’ poster. Without going into too much detail about where we landed (and it wouldn’t help you anyways since we are in Maryland) we really drilled down and studied curriculum choices. That’s the ‘blocking and tackling’ of schools. If your public school picks a Tier 1 curriculum then you 1) Believe in your teachers 2) Believe in your students (ie not a fixed mindset). If you care about the least - we found you care about the advanced as well. The one thing I will say is it is considered two tiers BELOW MCPS’ reputation (which if you are in VA you are not seeing the decline). The warning to look for: when you see poor curriculum choices - Lucy Caulkins- that’s your message right there: time to go. We stayed for the MCPS version of that (Curriculum 2.0), got the T-shirt, homeschooled to advance and then moved. Good luck! |
Ah sorry for the jargon. Here is a good explanation of Curriculum Tiers. Basically evidenced based.
http://www.rtinetwork.org/essential/tieredinstruction/tiered-instruction-and-intervention-rti-model |
Agreed. And the fact that the other elementary schools don't is inequitable, but I don't think we'll hear the superintendent add that to his talking points about equity. |
I just looked at the 2020 census and school data and I'm curious. Does anyone know if ACPC has an issue with out of district kids enrolling through fraudulent means?
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/alexandriacitycountyvirginia/PST045219 |
Go to the morning drop off at any of the east end elemntary schools. A solid 35% of the cars have Maryland tags. Residency fraud is rampant. Two of my DS's good friends live in Oxon Hill. Nothing is done about it. Guess why. |
Each grade likely has smaller classes, more opportunities for extracurriculares, etc. 7th graders likely aren’t going to compete with 12th graders to get into the same classes, sports or activities. There are times for sure but having less students per raid certainly makes a difference. |
If your child can thrive at GWMS, then ACHS will be great. Our experience at GWMS was and is absolutely awful. I can't wait to get #2 out of there. |
When we moved here over 25 years ago, ACPS stunk. People told us not to plan to stay if we plan to have kids, unless we plan to pay private tuition. There have been various scapegoats over the years, but from what I can tell, problems seem to center around too much poverty, too much SEL, too much farms, and related issues. This leads to UMC flight – either to a different city, such as Falls Church, or to private schools in the area. |
I suspect (but maybe someone else can confirm) that it depends on how much the principal wants to press the issue. |
Not necessarily. DD has been zoned for JH since kinder, and she's had a few friends (UMC) move elsewhere in Old Town and as a result get zoned for different ACPS elementary schools. |
It should be a law enforcement issue. They are literally stealing city, and in the case of Maryland residents, state resources |
Question for you PP--any idea why your son's friends' families commit fraud to enter a school system that no one seems particularly thrilled with? |