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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt anyone has experience with all three, and few would have experience with two.  All are good and as you said have comparable text scores when making apples to apples comparisons.  For me, it would come down to where I want to live, and where I ultimately win a bid on a home.

There is certainly some differences at the high school level.  In general, I'd say the more risk-averse folks would go with MoCo given this, whereas those who are less risk-averse/want to stay in the city/open to private will prefer DC.  [/quote]

I think they are quite similar.  We have friends with kids at a variety of JKLM schools and at Bethesda, and they seem pretty similar.  I'd say that MCPS parents seem to complain about class sizes more than DCPS parents, so maybe DCPS has the edge there.  The SES of the schools' families are pretty similar, and that tends to be the biggest driver of school performance.  [/quote]

Do school tours asap, you only have a few weeks left. Ask good questions.

Check out the Janney class schedule, it covers more than our Bethesda ES one does (only has 90 mins math, 90 mins reading, 90 mins english, gym 1x a week, music 1x week, no dedicated science or social studies, it is within the reading units).  DCPS has gym 3x a week, 50 minutes of each math, english, reading, science, social studies, and more frequent music and art plus has a FT teacher and FT para-aide in PK-2 for sure. Did I mention DCPS provides PK? MCPS does not.

Also ask how many county or state standardized tests are given each grade, each year.

Also ask if handwriting is given. and what the use of screens is in each grade level. Are you kids handwriting short stories in 1st or 2nd grade OR hen-pecking on a chromebook.

Also ask what the teaching style is. Is it responsive classroom, circle time, discussion-based? Or is it center based where the class is divided into 4 or 5 groups and every 20 minutes rotate around - and one center has the teacher the rest of the centers are worksheets, computer games, or a group project.  Then decide what you like best for your particular child. [/quote]

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