Are the wealthy leaving MCPS?

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What I like about having moved to a top private all girls school is that I never have to worry violence or school shootings among other things. And its nice and fancy with Macbook Pros provided to all students, a barista in the cafeteria, and almost guaranteed opportunities to play most sports. That and an excellent academic experience make it worth every penny for us.

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Anonymous wrote:Private has been a disappointment after leaving public, difference is it’s cost me over $30 grand a year to learn that.

I'm right there with you. Am re-enrolling my kid back in public this Fall. Not only that, but the mental health and behavioral issues with the private school kids were unlike nothing I had ever seen with my kid's public school peers. I wanted to like it and stay but couldn't justify it.

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Anonymous wrote:What I like about having moved to a top private all girls school is that I never have to worry violence or school shootings among other things. And its nice and fancy with Macbook Pros provided to all students, a barista in the cafeteria, and almost guaranteed opportunities to play most sports. That and an excellent academic experience make it worth every penny for us.

If only all the privates had better academics compared to public. We have all the fancy things like you mentioned apart from the barista however, I would prefer a better education for the money we pay.

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Anonymous wrote:Private has been a disappointment after leaving public, difference is it’s cost me over $30 grand a year to learn that.

After attending the magnets my kids found it a big step backward.

What do you mean? Magnets were a step back? I’m curious.

Obviously they meant they found private was a big step backward after attending the magnets.

We had same experience. Many privates don't differentiate so you have all of the kids in one class. Also, because parents are paying tuition, there is an incentive to overlook bad behavior or bullying. And not to be so blunt but my kid's public school peers have turned out to be much smarter and driven than her private school peers, which surprised me.

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Anonymous wrote:Private has been a disappointment after leaving public, difference is it’s cost me over $30 grand a year to learn that.

I'm right there with you. Am re-enrolling my kid back in public this Fall. Not only that, but the mental health and behavioral issues with the private school kids were unlike nothing I had ever seen with my kid's public school peers. I wanted to like it and stay but couldn't justify it.

Same, disappointed and feel like I was fooled. Feeling resentful after giving the school an honest go to prove itself and justify the cost which it did not. Tried in my mind to convince myself that it had to be better because of course it’s private and one of the top ones. In reality, it’s not and finally going to break away after this school year.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s plainly true that many people with the means left MCPS over the last two years in the wealthiest clusters. Out neighborhood pre pandemic was like 30-40% private. Now it is closer to 70%. Most that made the switch aren’t coming back. So definitely fewer wealthy families using public in our neighborhood but it is not everyone by any means.

BS

I don’t know why people find this hard to believe, but it’s true. This is one of the wealthier neighborhoods in the county so it’s not representative. But there has been a strong exodus to private.

Again BS.
Name the area

[Anonymous]

Yes, Boris.

[Anonymous]

We are poor by dcum standards, live in East County and we left mcps. Originally because of Covid and online learning. But now the violence, lack of teachers, and larger class sizes concerns me. We are staying where we are thru 8th with the hope that there’s improvement in mcps before my kid goes to HS. ( is in 4th now and doing really well) we are zoned for Paint Branch which I’ve heard good things about recently so fingers crossed.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s plainly true that many people with the means left MCPS over the last two years in the wealthiest clusters. Out neighborhood pre pandemic was like 30-40% private. Now it is closer to 70%. Most that made the switch aren’t coming back. So definitely fewer wealthy families using public in our neighborhood but it is not everyone by any means.

BS

I don’t know why people find this hard to believe, but it’s true. This is one of the wealthier neighborhoods in the county so it’s not representative. But there has been a strong exodus to private.

Again BS.
Name the area

Check with the country club set...very few have kids past 3rd grade in MCPS these days. At least 3 years ago a large minority of that group sent their kids to MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I like about having moved to a top private all girls school is that I never have to worry violence or school shootings among other things. And its nice and fancy with Macbook Pros provided to all students, a barista in the cafeteria, and almost guaranteed opportunities to play most sports. That and an excellent academic experience make it worth every penny for us.

Y'all still trying to fill spaces? LOL

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Anonymous wrote:What I like about having moved to a top private all girls school is that I never have to worry violence or school shootings among other things. And its nice and fancy with Macbook Pros provided to all students, a barista in the cafeteria, and almost guaranteed opportunities to play most sports. That and an excellent academic experience make it worth every penny for us.

If only all the privates had better academics compared to public. We have all the fancy things like you mentioned apart from the barista however, I would prefer a better education for the money we pay.

That's the thing, a public education is what you make of it. One of my closest friends as a child went to one of the top 4 DC privates whereas I went to Whitman. I was an NMSF and near-perfect GPA with roughly 30 college credits from APs. In the end, we both attended the same tier 1 school. I also feel my kids are learning far more than I did from MCPS but I also take an active interest in their education.

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Anonymous wrote:It sure seems like many affluent in Bethesda/ Potomac, Chevy Chase are exiting MCPS in droves. Has anyone else observed this happening?

There's no evidence to support this. People seem to be happy with the exception of a few far-right posters that like to stir up trouble.

Ya the same poster keeps starting these doom and gloom threads. I think they have a political agenda, but the reality is my kids are getting a much better education than I got 25 years ago at Wooton.

Same poster starting the same thing over in a new thread every day. They really hate public education.

Google Corey DeAngelis. It's like his job to tear down public education. He is a childless man who went to state schools. Works for Cato.

I will now add that I am not saying he posts here. How would I know if he does or not? I will say he is an excellent example of a certain type and much of their rhetoric is repeated here.

I think MCPS is giving them more pushback than some of the other regional boards. Let's keep it up.

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Anonymous wrote:It sure seems like many affluent in Bethesda/ Potomac, Chevy Chase are exiting MCPS in droves. Has anyone else observed this happening?

There's no evidence to support this. People seem to be happy with the exception of a few far-right posters that like to stir up trouble.

Ya the same poster keeps starting these doom and gloom threads. I think they have a political agenda, but the reality is my kids are getting a much better education than I got 25 years ago at Wooton.

Same poster starting the same thing over in a new thread every day. They really hate public education.

Google Corey DeAngelis. It's like his job to tear down public education. He is a childless man who went to state schools. Works for Cato.

I will now add that I am not saying he posts here. How would I know if he does or not? I will say he is an excellent example of a certain type and much of their rhetoric is repeated here.

I think MCPS is giving them more pushback than some of the other regional boards. Let's keep it up.

DP.. you guys do realize that MCPS admitted that enrollment has gone down unexpectedly, right?

-MCPS parent

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Anonymous wrote:What I like about having moved to a top private all girls school is that I never have to worry violence or school shootings among other things. And its nice and fancy with Macbook Pros provided to all students, a barista in the cafeteria, and almost guaranteed opportunities to play most sports. That and an excellent academic experience make it worth every penny for us.

Y'all still trying to fill spaces? LOL

What do you mean? The school always has way more applications than spots. Turned away many many applicants as always.

[Anonymous]

DP. Have had several kids in MCPS for 14 years. Left MCPS for private with our last child this year. It has been a huge sigh of relief. Also a huge stretch for us financially, but so far worth every penny. We really wanted MCPS to work out, but it didn't.