Are you jumping ship to private and why?

[Anonymous]

If county is going to SBG then yes, gotta home school or go private.

[Anonymous]

Wtf is SBG

[Anonymous]

Standard or Skills Based Grading. The latest educational fad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We moved to a W cluster 20+ years ago, before we had any kids, for the schools. Fast forward to now, our teens had classes with 30+ kids in MS, 35+ in HS, and daily fights that securrity tried to handle as best they could, and we had enough. Both are in private

Yup. We left years ago mainly because we always knew we wanted Catholic HS education for our son. Best decision ever...he had an amazing experience. Just graduated from a top Catholic university (not Georgetown lol) and will be making north of $90K in his first job. I don't think this would have been the case if we stayed at MCPS, but no way to know for sure.

However, I do know that the large class sizes might have been an issue for my kid, who has ADHD. Funny story regarding class sizes. My son still has friends from his public middle school and once, when he had a day off, he attended an AP Lit class at Churchill with his friend. The class had to have 40 students. I was horrified to hear this, and knew we made the right decision moving to private. The funny thing the teacher had no idea my son didn't belong in the class. That is pretty scary if you ask me. We got a good chuckle out of it, but it is sad to think these students have a teacher is so clueless.

If this is typical of one of the best high schools in the county, then I would say move your kids out as soon as possible.

It’s sad that a teacher that probably has 100+ students doesn’t have a personal relationship with them all. Yet kids then go off to colleges where some intro classes have have even more and are just a number to the professor(or TA) unless they make it a point to get to know their teachers or ask for help often. How is this any different?

[Anonymous]

We did because of the number of violent incidents in our public elementary. It was so disruptive - the rest of the class leaves the class while the the disruptor gets it together.

[Anonymous]

I never had any intention of leaving MCPS, but they were totally unable to deal with my kid’s dyslexia so have to go private

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Standard or Skills Based Grading. The latest educational fad.

I'm looking forward to tracking making a comeback then maybe my kid will learn something,

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved to a W cluster 20+ years ago, before we had any kids, for the schools. Fast forward to now, our teens had classes with 30+ kids in MS, 35+ in HS, and daily fights that securrity tried to handle as best they could, and we had enough. Both are in private

Yup. We left years ago mainly because we always knew we wanted Catholic HS education for our son. Best decision ever...he had an amazing experience. Just graduated from a top Catholic university (not Georgetown lol) and will be making north of $90K in his first job. I don't think this would have been the case if we stayed at MCPS, but no way to know for sure.

However, I do know that the large class sizes might have been an issue for my kid, who has ADHD. Funny story regarding class sizes. My son still has friends from his public middle school and once, when he had a day off, he attended an AP Lit class at Churchill with his friend. The class had to have 40 students. I was horrified to hear this, and knew we made the right decision moving to private. The funny thing the teacher had no idea my son didn't belong in the class. That is pretty scary if you ask me. We got a good chuckle out of it, but it is sad to think these students have a teacher is so clueless.

If this is typical of one of the best high schools in the county, then I would say move your kids out as soon as possible.

It’s sad that a teacher that probably has 100+ students doesn’t have a personal relationship with them all. Yet kids then go off to colleges where some intro classes have have even more and are just a number to the professor(or TA) unless they make it a point to get to know their teachers or ask for help often. How is this any different?

Because in high school they are 14-18 and in college they are 18-22.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never had any intention of leaving MCPS, but they were totally unable to deal with my kid’s dyslexia so have to go private

Ridiculous culture - they shame these children for their disability. We left too but sure wish I could have Moco property money back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never had any intention of leaving MCPS, but they were totally unable to deal with my kid’s dyslexia so have to go private

This. My DC was actually called stupid by kids in front of a teacher (repeatedly) and the teacher just laughed. WTF? Left the first semester and will never, ever go back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve raised my kid right and he’s appropriately independent and respectful to teachers & other kids, so public is fine for him. If you need someone else to raise your kids, private might be the way to go.

My kid is the same. However, there are SO many disruptive and disrespectful kids in some of her classes that it has definitely affected her learning.

I don’t need someone else to raise my kid, but I would like MCPS to provide her with a solid education so that she will be ready for college. Her English teacher has SO many students, that she rarely is able to provide meaningful feedback on my DD’s writing. How will my DD become a better writer without solid writing instruction?

this 100%

You hire a writing tutor and a math tutor, which is much cheaper than private school.

My child’s school had a school shooting last year. Which is a symptom of a larger issue in the school. No amount of tutoring helps with a toxic environment.

That’s a symptom of a larger issue in society.

It should be mentioned that neither kid was “homegrown” at Magruder. One moved from PG. The other moved from Kennedy. Troubled kids and family tend to move around a lot for various reasons. Magruder just got stuck with the hot potato both times. There was very little chance for the school to intervene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved to a W cluster 20+ years ago, before we had any kids, for the schools. Fast forward to now, our teens had classes with 30+ kids in MS, 35+ in HS, and daily fights that securrity tried to handle as best they could, and we had enough. Both are in private

Yup. We left years ago mainly because we always knew we wanted Catholic HS education for our son. Best decision ever...he had an amazing experience. Just graduated from a top Catholic university (not Georgetown lol) and will be making north of $90K in his first job. I don't think this would have been the case if we stayed at MCPS, but no way to know for sure.

However, I do know that the large class sizes might have been an issue for my kid, who has ADHD. Funny story regarding class sizes. My son still has friends from his public middle school and once, when he had a day off, he attended an AP Lit class at Churchill with his friend. The class had to have 40 students. I was horrified to hear this, and knew we made the right decision moving to private. The funny thing the teacher had no idea my son didn't belong in the class. That is pretty scary if you ask me. We got a good chuckle out of it, but it is sad to think these students have a teacher is so clueless.

If this is typical of one of the best high schools in the county, then I would say move your kids out as soon as possible.

It’s sad that a teacher that probably has 100+ students doesn’t have a personal relationship with them all. Yet kids then go off to colleges where some intro classes have have even more and are just a number to the professor(or TA) unless they make it a point to get to know their teachers or ask for help often. How is this any different?

It is different in an English class. My son's English/writing classes were under 20 students at his university. Teachers cannot give good feedback on writing with so many students.

Yes, the entry level science classes at college are always large, but as a student progresses, classes get smaller....that is if you are at a decent university. At lease this was my son's experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved to a W cluster 20+ years ago, before we had any kids, for the schools. Fast forward to now, our teens had classes with 30+ kids in MS, 35+ in HS, and daily fights that securrity tried to handle as best they could, and we had enough. Both are in private

Yup. We left years ago mainly because we always knew we wanted Catholic HS education for our son. Best decision ever...he had an amazing experience. Just graduated from a top Catholic university (not Georgetown lol) and will be making north of $90K in his first job. I don't think this would have been the case if we stayed at MCPS, but no way to know for sure.

However, I do know that the large class sizes might have been an issue for my kid, who has ADHD. Funny story regarding class sizes. My son still has friends from his public middle school and once, when he had a day off, he attended an AP Lit class at Churchill with his friend. The class had to have 40 students. I was horrified to hear this, and knew we made the right decision moving to private. The funny thing the teacher had no idea my son didn't belong in the class. That is pretty scary if you ask me. We got a good chuckle out of it, but it is sad to think these students have a teacher is so clueless.

If this is typical of one of the best high schools in the county, then I would say move your kids out as soon as possible.

It’s sad that a teacher that probably has 100+ students doesn’t have a personal relationship with them all. Yet kids then go off to colleges where some intro classes have have even more and are just a number to the professor(or TA) unless they make it a point to get to know their teachers or ask for help often. How is this any different?

Because in high school they are 14-18 and in college they are 18-22.

Those numbers in college are not true for most colleges and definitely not for core classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never had any intention of leaving MCPS, but they were totally unable to deal with my kid’s dyslexia so have to go private

This. My DC was actually called stupid by kids in front of a teacher (repeatedly) and the teacher just laughed. WTF? Left the first semester and will never, ever go back.

LOL. You're in for a rude awakening.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never had any intention of leaving MCPS, but they were totally unable to deal with my kid’s dyslexia so have to go private

Ridiculous culture - they shame these children for their disability. We left too but sure wish I could have Moco property money back.

MCPS has a lot of faults, but this is not one of them. I’m sorry you had a teacher you felt shamed you for your child”s dyslexia but I have been a large number of schools and have never seen this. In fact, many, if not most, elementary teachers have been trained in OG, Wilson and or Letters. Hoe did they shame you or your child?