Churchill Rd Elementary in VA ?? Help!

[Anonymous]

There's nowhere else in the county that's as likely as McLean north of 123 to assume you must be cash-strapped if you aren't sending your kids to private school. I put the odds at well under 25% that OP won't follow suit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Churchill Road is the local Level IV center for the AAP program.

Definitely a reason to avoid. Center schools are the worst.

Why? Be honest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our DS will enter kindergarten next year! The plan was always to send him to the local parochial catholic school but my husband really wants to send him to public.
I am a VERY nervous since I grew up going to private throughout (the families and academics were great)
Are the kids and families friendly at Churchill? Is there weird gender and woke ideology at Churchill? Are the academics good? Do they use textbooks or are they on screens mostly? Is there homework to reinforce concepts? Any other reassurance is welcomed!
Thank you!
Worried parent

how active are you in the local parish? If you are not active, it is harder to get one of thefew openings.

Is easier for kinder.

Maybe. We’re parishioners at St Luke and DS was waitlisted for K. The class was completely filled by siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Churchill Road is the local Level IV center for the AAP program.

Definitely a reason to avoid. Center schools are the worst.

Why? Be honest.

They usually attract the families most motivated to get their kids into AAP, thus it’s more competitive. Then they tend to have at least half the classes from grade 3-6 as AAP, which creates a culture of AAP vs. non-AAP students, even though there is very little difference in the curriculum between them. (I’m a Churchill Road parent so I don’t dislike the school, but that’s the common belief about center schools). If your kid gets into AAP, it’s great. If they don’t, it’s still fine but they might feel bad about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Churchill Road is the local Level IV center for the AAP program.

Definitely a reason to avoid. Center schools are the worst.

Why? Be honest.

They usually attract the families most motivated to get their kids into AAP, thus it’s more competitive. Then they tend to have at least half the classes from grade 3-6 as AAP, which creates a culture of AAP vs. non-AAP students, even though there is very little difference in the curriculum between them. (I’m a Churchill Road parent so I don’t dislike the school, but that’s the common belief about center schools). If your kid gets into AAP, it’s great. If they don’t, it’s still fine but they might feel bad about it.

The school really doesn’t seem like a center anymore. Barely any kids come for AAP. When my older kids were at Churchill, there would be half AAP and half gen Ed in grades 3-6. Now there is 1 AAP class.

[Anonymous]

Op, if you are looking into Catholic schools, I read many suggested St Luke’s. There is St John’s in McLean. There are also McLean families at St James. I am sure your kid will be fine at whichever school, public or private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our DS will enter kindergarten next year! The plan was always to send him to the local parochial catholic school but my husband really wants to send him to public.
I am a VERY nervous since I grew up going to private throughout (the families and academics were great)
Are the kids and families friendly at Churchill? Is there weird gender and woke ideology at Churchill? Are the academics good? Do they use textbooks or are they on screens mostly? Is there homework to reinforce concepts? Any other reassurance is welcomed!
Thank you!
Worried parent

Churchill Road ES is good. Not that woke comparing with other schools. You can transfer your kids to private after elementary school to avoid the learning loss made by Cooper English woke teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our DS will enter kindergarten next year! The plan was always to send him to the local parochial catholic school but my husband really wants to send him to public.
I am a VERY nervous since I grew up going to private throughout (the families and academics were great)
Are the kids and families friendly at Churchill? Is there weird gender and woke ideology at Churchill? Are the academics good? Do they use textbooks or are they on screens mostly? Is there homework to reinforce concepts? Any other reassurance is welcomed!
Thank you!
Worried parent

Churchill Road ES is good. Not that woke comparing with other schools. You can transfer your kids to private after elementary school to avoid the learning loss made by Cooper English woke teachers.

+1

Longfellow > Cooper

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our DS will enter kindergarten next year! The plan was always to send him to the local parochial catholic school but my husband really wants to send him to public.
I am a VERY nervous since I grew up going to private throughout (the families and academics were great)
Are the kids and families friendly at Churchill? Is there weird gender and woke ideology at Churchill? Are the academics good? Do they use textbooks or are they on screens mostly? Is there homework to reinforce concepts? Any other reassurance is welcomed!
Thank you!
Worried parent

Churchill Road ES is good. Not that woke comparing with other schools. You can transfer your kids to private after elementary school to avoid the learning loss made by Cooper English woke teachers.

+1

Longfellow > Cooper

Hard for me to imagine there is much difference between the two schools. Is the English department at Cooper any more “woke” than at any other middle school in the county? I think it just gets more attention because there are a small number of Cooper parents who go running off to Asra Nomani every time something bothers them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our DS will enter kindergarten next year! The plan was always to send him to the local parochial catholic school but my husband really wants to send him to public.
I am a VERY nervous since I grew up going to private throughout (the families and academics were great)
Are the kids and families friendly at Churchill? Is there weird gender and woke ideology at Churchill? Are the academics good? Do they use textbooks or are they on screens mostly? Is there homework to reinforce concepts? Any other reassurance is welcomed!
Thank you!
Worried parent

Churchill Road ES is good. Not that woke comparing with other schools. You can transfer your kids to private after elementary school to avoid the learning loss made by Cooper English woke teachers.

+1

Longfellow > Cooper

Hard for me to imagine there is much difference between the two schools. Is the English department at Cooper any more “woke” than at any other middle school in the county? I think it just gets more attention because there are a small number of Cooper parents who go running off to Asra Nomani every time something bothers them.

Who is Asra Nomani?

[Anonymous]

We have three kids at Churchill. For the most part, we've had a great experience. There were a couple of grades with larger than liked classes, but this year classes are small, around 20 kids or even a little less, and most classrooms have multiple teachers (either TAs, or special ed supporting students in the class) in the classrooms. Some teachers are better than others, but overall most are good and the kids are happy.

There is very little homework, which is kind of annoying. I'm not particularly liberal or conservative, but my kids have not come home with any new 'woke' ideologies or opinions. There are many kids from all over the world, parents are generally well-off, highly educated and ambitious, and care about the quality of the educational experience. There are many opportunities to meet other families and be involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have three kids at Churchill. For the most part, we've had a great experience. There were a couple of grades with larger than liked classes, but this year classes are small, around 20 kids or even a little less, and most classrooms have multiple teachers (either TAs, or special ed supporting students in the class) in the classrooms. Some teachers are better than others, but overall most are good and the kids are happy.

There is very little homework, which is kind of annoying. I'm not particularly liberal or conservative, but my kids have not come home with any new 'woke' ideologies or opinions. There are many kids from all over the world, parents are generally well-off, highly educated and ambitious, and care about the quality of the educational experience. There are many opportunities to meet other families and be involved.

+1. This is the most best response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our DS will enter kindergarten next year! The plan was always to send him to the local parochial catholic school but my husband really wants to send him to public.
I am a VERY nervous since I grew up going to private throughout (the families and academics were great)
Are the kids and families friendly at Churchill? Is there weird gender and woke ideology at Churchill? Are the academics good? Do they use textbooks or are they on screens mostly? Is there homework to reinforce concepts? Any other reassurance is welcomed!
Thank you!
Worried parent

Churchill Road ES is good. Not that woke comparing with other schools. You can transfer your kids to private after elementary school to avoid the learning loss made by Cooper English woke teachers.

+1

Longfellow > Cooper

Hard for me to imagine there is much difference between the two schools. Is the English department at Cooper any more “woke” than at any other middle school in the county? I think it just gets more attention because there are a small number of Cooper parents who go running off to Asra Nomani every time something bothers them.

Who is Asra Nomani?

Google is your friend.

See, for example: https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fairfax_county/new-asian-exclusion-act-pops-up-in-fcps-program/article_58d6ac88-bc68-11ed-a99f-3bb8fa2182a9.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our DS will enter kindergarten next year! The plan was always to send him to the local parochial catholic school but my husband really wants to send him to public.
I am a VERY nervous since I grew up going to private throughout (the families and academics were great)
Are the kids and families friendly at Churchill? Is there weird gender and woke ideology at Churchill? Are the academics good? Do they use textbooks or are they on screens mostly? Is there homework to reinforce concepts? Any other reassurance is welcomed!
Thank you!
Worried parent

Churchill Road ES is good. Not that woke comparing with other schools. You can transfer your kids to private after elementary school to avoid the learning loss made by Cooper English woke teachers.

+1

Longfellow > Cooper

-1
They are all following the same curriculum. Cooper is an excellent middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Churchill Road is the local Level IV center for the AAP program.

Definitely a reason to avoid. Center schools are the worst.

Why? Be honest.

They usually attract the families most motivated to get their kids into AAP, thus it’s more competitive. Then they tend to have at least half the classes from grade 3-6 as AAP, which creates a culture of AAP vs. non-AAP students, even though there is very little difference in the curriculum between them. (I’m a Churchill Road parent so I don’t dislike the school, but that’s the common belief about center schools). If your kid gets into AAP, it’s great. If they don’t, it’s still fine but they might feel bad about it.

+1
I would add, there is very little difference in both the curriculum, AND the abilities of the two groups of students. Separating the vast middle is just nonsense.