Moving because of declining schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Anecdotally several of our not Type A/laid-back friends in Arlington were shocked by the APS COVID response and overcrowding and are much happier now in local Lutheran schools.

The only Lutheran schools that spring to mind are not ones I would expect laid-back parents to be happy with. Which ones did your friends find?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Declining schools" is a 20+ year Republican talking point. This conversation could have been had 10 years ago -- same comments, same perspectives, same issues. Public schools serve a wide range of children, families, and needs. Go ahead and have the conversation about the pros and cons of public schools but stop the "declining schools" stuff. Your politics are showing.

My concern is specific to overcrowding and reduced differentiation. APS especially has woefully mismanaged growth and their answer is colossus WL with lunch periods starting at the crack of dawn. Oh and distance learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Declining schools" is a 20+ year Republican talking point. This conversation could have been had 10 years ago -- same comments, same perspectives, same issues. Public schools serve a wide range of children, families, and needs. Go ahead and have the conversation about the pros and cons of public schools but stop the "declining schools" stuff. Your politics are showing.

Stopped clock, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Which state?

"two states away" could be...

SC, GA, AL, MI, AR, MO, IL, IN, OH, PA, or DE

Yep! That's a lot of states. Was hoping the wouldn't mind sharing which one!

Bigger question is why they're still looking at DCUM living two states away for two years now,

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which state?

"two states away" could be...

SC, GA, AL, MI, AR, MO, IL, IN, OH, PA, or DE

Yep! That's a lot of states. Was hoping the wouldn't mind sharing which one!

Bigger question is why they're still looking at DCUM living two states away for two years now,

Sorry, I mean if they live two states away and are out of APS now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In this area it seems to be that if you can’t afford private you just make do with APS. Any other public system in the DMV area is going to be similar with similar issues. If you’re going to move you’d need to move completely out of the area.

If you’re feeding into WL I’m guessing you’re Swanson? It gets better at W-L although I don’t know about overcrowding in he coming years.

We opted out of APS.

This moving and going private. Bigger house , more space, and tuition for the same as an ok school district

[Anonymous]

We moved. We were in DC at one of the "top" elementary schools in the area. We moved to FCPS because they had no honor programs or really effective differentiation.

I'm glad I moved for my child (not recommending for anyone else, so don't come after me). However, I miss living in DC pretty much every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We moved. We were in DC at one of the "top" elementary schools in the area. We moved to FCPS because they had no honor programs or really effective differentiation.

I'm glad I moved for my child (not recommending for anyone else, so don't come after me). However, I miss living in DC pretty much every day.

Check out VMPI. There are people advocating for no differentiation here as well. It’s being framed as an equity issue so no one is pushing back because they will be called a Trumper.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We moved. We were in DC at one of the "top" elementary schools in the area. We moved to FCPS because they had no honor programs or really effective differentiation.

I'm glad I moved for my child (not recommending for anyone else, so don't come after me). However, I miss living in DC pretty much every day.

Check out VMPI. There are people advocating for no differentiation here as well. It’s being framed as an equity issue so no one is pushing back because they will be called a Trumper.

Not true. Lots of parents and teachers are pushing back. I haven’t heard any parents or teachers that support this.

Latest we heard was that the state was backing off a little from the original plan. We need everyone to speak out against this. It’s all about equity, no one will get what they need.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We moved. We were in DC at one of the "top" elementary schools in the area. We moved to FCPS because they had no honor programs or really effective differentiation.

I'm glad I moved for my child (not recommending for anyone else, so don't come after me). However, I miss living in DC pretty much every day.

Check out VMPI. There are people advocating for no differentiation here as well. It’s being framed as an equity issue so no one is pushing back because they will be called a Trumper.

There's a provision that you can accelerate as needed for FCPS. There are people advocating for everything under the sun, but the actual plan in place has differentiation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: Anecdotally several of our not Type A/laid-back friends in Arlington were shocked by the APS COVID response and overcrowding and are much happier now in local Lutheran schools.

The only Lutheran schools that spring to mind are not ones I would expect laid-back parents to be happy with. Which ones did your friends find?

The only Lutheran k-8 school I'm familiar with is run by a church full of Federalist and Fox News types so I can only imagine what their attitude towards covid was. I know they never required masks at the church services.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Your precious snowflakes will survive and thrive in Arlington schools, and it all will be behind you before you know it. Chill out, OP. Chill out, DCUM.

My child is definitely not thriving, and he’s still in 5th. Thanks though.

My 11th-grader is not thriving, either. APS's glory days are far behind it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved. We were in DC at one of the "top" elementary schools in the area. We moved to FCPS because they had no honor programs or really effective differentiation.

I'm glad I moved for my child (not recommending for anyone else, so don't come after me). However, I miss living in DC pretty much every day.

Check out VMPI. There are people advocating for no differentiation here as well. It’s being framed as an equity issue so no one is pushing back because they will be called a Trumper.

There's a provision that you can accelerate as needed for FCPS. There are people advocating for everything under the sun, but the actual plan in place has differentiation.

The “provision” is for all VA schools. Not just FCPS.

The goal of VMPI is to blend algebra & geometry together instead of the A-G-A class “sandwich”. They also want to add additional paths for data science, etc.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think anyone moves. I think most people who are unsatisfied either homeschool or send to private school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everything is a mess. There was/is a major pandemic.

Uprooting your lives for some other public school is not going to help.

Try private and see if it's better is really the best advice.

Sure, but if its better, then we are on the hook for $100k+ or do ANOTHER school change.

You're looking for answers no one has for you. Some teachers/years are better than others. And guess what, private isn't perfect either and then you paid for it and feel extra annoyed. Ask me how I know.

How do you know?