Does anyone send their child to private school instead WW/WJ/Churchill/Wooton?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two kids - zoned for Churchill. Both in private for different reasons. The smaller classes require them to be attentive and present, which makes such a difference in their ability to actually retain information. MCPS high schools have gotten too big and way too easy to disappear into the noise. I don't have a reference point to compare Churchill academics to my kids education, but their elementary & middle school learning has far exceeded MCPS.

No being sarcastic, I’m just wondering how that could be? I send my child to a top school in DC and it’s not much better academically and actually in some ways worse than what was being taught at mcps. I cannot understand what these schools are because as I already stated my child attends a top one but people on here say they are getting better education than mcps. I am so skeptical of that. In reality, I’m paying for the smaller class size and nicer facility. Nothing more.

Then why are you paying for it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two kids - zoned for Churchill. Both in private for different reasons. The smaller classes require them to be attentive and present, which makes such a difference in their ability to actually retain information. MCPS high schools have gotten too big and way too easy to disappear into the noise. I don't have a reference point to compare Churchill academics to my kids education, but their elementary & middle school learning has far exceeded MCPS.

No being sarcastic, I’m just wondering how that could be? I send my child to a top school in DC and it’s not much better academically and actually in some ways worse than what was being taught at mcps. I cannot understand what these schools are because as I already stated my child attends a top one but people on here say they are getting better education than mcps. I am so skeptical of that. In reality, I’m paying for the smaller class size and nicer facility. Nothing more.

Then why are you paying for it?

Not after this school year is up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some did for sure, many are self made. Yes, bragging rights are being bought, but so are connections. What is. wrong with doing what successful people do if you can afford it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to the Edgemoor neighborhood in Bethesda. Knock on the doors of people living in all the 3 million dollar + homes. I would bet 90% or more of their kids do private school( I know many of them). These are not dumb people--most are highly educated and wealthy. They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. They want the best environment for their kids that money can buy--that is private school not public.

barf

A lot of those people inherited their wealth.

Rich people buy prestige, nothing more.

really? define "many"?

Sure, you are buying connections and bragging rights, and why not, if you can afford it. But, "They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. " is not really true.

As I stated earlier, you are buying prestige, and small class sizes.

[Anonymous]

About 70% of the wealthy I know who live in or around Edgemoor are self made...don't have a formal study, but that is my estimate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some did for sure, many are self made. Yes, bragging rights are being bought, but so are connections. What is. wrong with doing what successful people do if you can afford it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to the Edgemoor neighborhood in Bethesda. Knock on the doors of people living in all the 3 million dollar + homes. I would bet 90% or more of their kids do private school( I know many of them). These are not dumb people--most are highly educated and wealthy. They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. They want the best environment for their kids that money can buy--that is private school not public.

barf

A lot of those people inherited their wealth.

Rich people buy prestige, nothing more.

really? define "many"?

Sure, you are buying connections and bragging rights, and why not, if you can afford it. But, "They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. " is not really true.

As I stated earlier, you are buying prestige, and small class sizes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
About 70% of the wealthy I know who live in or around Edgemoor are self made...don't have a formal study, but that is my estimate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some did for sure, many are self made. Yes, bragging rights are being bought, but so are connections. What is. wrong with doing what successful people do if you can afford it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to the Edgemoor neighborhood in Bethesda. Knock on the doors of people living in all the 3 million dollar + homes. I would bet 90% or more of their kids do private school( I know many of them). These are not dumb people--most are highly educated and wealthy. They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. They want the best environment for their kids that money can buy--that is private school not public.

barf

A lot of those people inherited their wealth.

Rich people buy prestige, nothing more.

really? define "many"?

Sure, you are buying connections and bragging rights, and why not, if you can afford it. But, "They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. " is not really true.

As I stated earlier, you are buying prestige, and small class sizes.

so, 70% of those rich people made it on their own with no connections, but they send their kids to private school to make connections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
About 70% of the wealthy I know who live in or around Edgemoor are self made...don't have a formal study, but that is my estimate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some did for sure, many are self made. Yes, bragging rights are being bought, but so are connections. What is. wrong with doing what successful people do if you can afford it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to the Edgemoor neighborhood in Bethesda. Knock on the doors of people living in all the 3 million dollar + homes. I would bet 90% or more of their kids do private school( I know many of them). These are not dumb people--most are highly educated and wealthy. They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. They want the best environment for their kids that money can buy--that is private school not public.

barf

A lot of those people inherited their wealth.

Rich people buy prestige, nothing more.

really? define "many"?

Sure, you are buying connections and bragging rights, and why not, if you can afford it. But, "They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. " is not really true.

As I stated earlier, you are buying prestige, and small class sizes.

so, 70% of those rich people made it on their own with no connections, but they send their kids to private school to make connections.

Dp here. Wow, someone is really jealous of those who are successful.

Self-made doesn't mean lack of connections. It means you weren't born into money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two kids - zoned for Churchill. Both in private for different reasons. The smaller classes require them to be attentive and present, which makes such a difference in their ability to actually retain information. MCPS high schools have gotten too big and way too easy to disappear into the noise. I don't have a reference point to compare Churchill academics to my kids education, but their elementary & middle school learning has far exceeded MCPS.

No being sarcastic, I’m just wondering how that could be? I send my child to a top school in DC and it’s not much better academically and actually in some ways worse than what was being taught at mcps. I cannot understand what these schools are because as I already stated my child attends a top one but people on here say they are getting better education than mcps. I am so skeptical of that. In reality, I’m paying for the smaller class size and nicer facility. Nothing more.

Then why are you paying for it?

I will suggest you should read again and answer your own question.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if they had some connections and those connections made a huge difference, or they totally were on an island to get to where they are in life. Yes, they are sending their kids to private schools for connections, education, bragging rights, better facilities etc...POTUS # 44 sent his kids to Sidwell not DCPS....same with Clinton.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
About 70% of the wealthy I know who live in or around Edgemoor are self made...don't have a formal study, but that is my estimate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some did for sure, many are self made. Yes, bragging rights are being bought, but so are connections. What is. wrong with doing what successful people do if you can afford it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to the Edgemoor neighborhood in Bethesda. Knock on the doors of people living in all the 3 million dollar + homes. I would bet 90% or more of their kids do private school( I know many of them). These are not dumb people--most are highly educated and wealthy. They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. They want the best environment for their kids that money can buy--that is private school not public.

barf

A lot of those people inherited their wealth.

Rich people buy prestige, nothing more.

really? define "many"?

Sure, you are buying connections and bragging rights, and why not, if you can afford it. But, "They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. " is not really true.

As I stated earlier, you are buying prestige, and small class sizes.

so, 70% of those rich people made it on their own with no connections, but they send their kids to private school to make connections.

[Anonymous]

Lot's of class hatred of the wealthy ob this site.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
About 70% of the wealthy I know who live in or around Edgemoor are self made...don't have a formal study, but that is my estimate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some did for sure, many are self made. Yes, bragging rights are being bought, but so are connections. What is. wrong with doing what successful people do if you can afford it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to the Edgemoor neighborhood in Bethesda. Knock on the doors of people living in all the 3 million dollar + homes. I would bet 90% or more of their kids do private school( I know many of them). These are not dumb people--most are highly educated and wealthy. They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. They want the best environment for their kids that money can buy--that is private school not public.

barf

A lot of those people inherited their wealth.

Rich people buy prestige, nothing more.

really? define "many"?

Sure, you are buying connections and bragging rights, and why not, if you can afford it. But, "They did not get there by spending their money foolishly. " is not really true.

As I stated earlier, you are buying prestige, and small class sizes.

so, 70% of those rich people made it on their own with no connections, but they send their kids to private school to make connections.

Dp here. Wow, someone is really jealous of those who are successful.

Self-made doesn't mean lack of connections. It means you weren't born into money.

[Anonymous]

There are 195,000 total K-12 students in Montgomery County, MD.

33,150 of them (17%) attend private schools.

Given the relative wealth of the surrounding neighborhoods, it's a good bet that for every three kids sitting in a Whitman of Churchill classroom, there's one student at a private school.

Even 17% is a big number.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a night and day comparison between top privates and these overcrowded public’s. MoCo public schools have been resting on their laurels for 15 years. If you have the means, and can get into one of the better privates in the area, do that.

We have been at one of the “better privates” and it hasn’t been better. Paying tuition for polish rather than academics that they successfully market to parents like myself who assume private has to be superior to public. Not so. Will return to public after foolishly wasting trusting that private has to be better.

Where do the wealthy send their kids? To private schools.

What percentage of families with over 10 million net worth go to private school vs public schools in the area? Do what the wealthy do if you can afford it.

So send child to private that is not better academically than public?

Academically better for whom? I went to a private that doesn't have a great reputation here and can conclusively say that, for me, that private school was better academically. For others, that might not be the case but in most cases either the private will be superior in light of the student's needs or it will be a toss-up, with some contra around the edges. That being the case, the prior posters are right, if you can afford it, do it. Plus, your analysis omits all of the other facets of school life that you might discount but in which others see value.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a night and day comparison between top privates and these overcrowded public’s. MoCo public schools have been resting on their laurels for 15 years. If you have the means, and can get into one of the better privates in the area, do that.

We have been at one of the “better privates” and it hasn’t been better. Paying tuition for polish rather than academics that they successfully market to parents like myself who assume private has to be superior to public. Not so. Will return to public after foolishly wasting trusting that private has to be better.

Where do the wealthy send their kids? To private schools.

What percentage of families with over 10 million net worth go to private school vs public schools in the area? Do what the wealthy do if you can afford it.

So send child to private that is not better academically than public?

Academically better for whom? I went to a private that doesn't have a great reputation here and can conclusively say that, for me, that private school was better academically. For others, that might not be the case but in most cases either the private will be superior in light of the student's needs or it will be a toss-up, with some contra around the edges. That being the case, the prior posters are right, if you can afford it, do it. Plus, your analysis omits all of the other facets of school life that you might discount but in which others see value.

Good for you, I’m certainly not going to send my child to a private school that is academically inferior to the public. The only facet that would be asset is smaller class size and nicer building. That’s not enough to justify. Clubs are minimal so fewer opportunities there, teachers are not better, had to hire tutor to fill in gap of class that is lacking, tuition cost, and so on. You are wrong, just because you can afford it does not mean you should. That is ridiculous. Because you can doesn’t always mean you should. Keep child at private for the sake of keeping child at private. No advantage. No thank you.

[Anonymous]

It’s really hard to say academically which one is better. I posted previously and I’ll amend it. I will say Wootton offers harder classes. By far. However, the class sizes are also larger and kids fall through the cracks. My kid got some as and clearly did not know what is going on in the class. Privates are smaller classes, move slower and maybe not progress as fast, but fewer kids fall through the cracks. My private kid for example learned Algebra thoroughly whereas MCPS I felt just tries to push them through as fast as possible in math. I personally would rather move slower and really understand it. Some kids can do both. Mine couldn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a night and day comparison between top privates and these overcrowded public’s. MoCo public schools have been resting on their laurels for 15 years. If you have the means, and can get into one of the better privates in the area, do that.

We have been at one of the “better privates” and it hasn’t been better. Paying tuition for polish rather than academics that they successfully market to parents like myself who assume private has to be superior to public. Not so. Will return to public after foolishly wasting trusting that private has to be better.

Where do the wealthy send their kids? To private schools.

What percentage of families with over 10 million net worth go to private school vs public schools in the area? Do what the wealthy do if you can afford it.

So send child to private that is not better academically than public?

Academically better for whom? I went to a private that doesn't have a great reputation here and can conclusively say that, for me, that private school was better academically. For others, that might not be the case but in most cases either the private will be superior in light of the student's needs or it will be a toss-up, with some contra around the edges. That being the case, the prior posters are right, if you can afford it, do it. Plus, your analysis omits all of the other facets of school life that you might discount but in which others see value.

Good for you, I’m certainly not going to send my child to a private school that is academically inferior to the public. The only facet that would be asset is smaller class size and nicer building. That’s not enough to justify. Clubs are minimal so fewer opportunities there, teachers are not better, had to hire tutor to fill in gap of class that is lacking, tuition cost, and so on. You are wrong, just because you can afford it does not mean you should. That is ridiculous. Because you can doesn’t always mean you should. Keep child at private for the sake of keeping child at private. No advantage. No thank you.

I don't really understand why one person who is disgruntled by one private is hijacking this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a night and day comparison between top privates and these overcrowded public’s. MoCo public schools have been resting on their laurels for 15 years. If you have the means, and can get into one of the better privates in the area, do that.

We have been at one of the “better privates” and it hasn’t been better. Paying tuition for polish rather than academics that they successfully market to parents like myself who assume private has to be superior to public. Not so. Will return to public after foolishly wasting trusting that private has to be better.

Where do the wealthy send their kids? To private schools.

What percentage of families with over 10 million net worth go to private school vs public schools in the area? Do what the wealthy do if you can afford it.

So send child to private that is not better academically than public?

Academically better for whom? I went to a private that doesn't have a great reputation here and can conclusively say that, for me, that private school was better academically. For others, that might not be the case but in most cases either the private will be superior in light of the student's needs or it will be a toss-up, with some contra around the edges. That being the case, the prior posters are right, if you can afford it, do it. Plus, your analysis omits all of the other facets of school life that you might discount but in which others see value.

Good for you, I’m certainly not going to send my child to a private school that is academically inferior to the public. The only facet that would be asset is smaller class size and nicer building. That’s not enough to justify. Clubs are minimal so fewer opportunities there, teachers are not better, had to hire tutor to fill in gap of class that is lacking, tuition cost, and so on. You are wrong, just because you can afford it does not mean you should. That is ridiculous. Because you can doesn’t always mean you should. Keep child at private for the sake of keeping child at private. No advantage. No thank you.

I don't really understand why one person who is disgruntled by one private is hijacking this thread.

Such as yourself.