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[quote=Anonymous]It's overcrowded, but so are most FCPS schools.  Large classes, trailers, etc.  Our experience is with AAP.  The quality of the teachers varied.  3rd grade was terrific, 4th grade kind of meh, and 5th grade really good.

However, my DD had a terrible experience with bullying at Mosby.  At the risk of revealing real life details, she made the mistake of telling some "friends" in 4th grade that she is gay, and she was bullied relentlessly until the winter of 5th grade.

She has a severe peanut and tree nut allergy, and a group of girls terrorized her by purposely sitting near the nut free table.  Rather than deal with the girls, the administration lectured each class about the right of kids with food allergies to feel safe at school.  We frequently were in contact with the counselors and Vice Principal, to no avail.

Finally, in 5th grade, one of the girls sent DD a note telling her that everyone hated her and she should jump off a building and commit suicide.  Because there was documentation, the school finally intervened.  However, the bullying investigation was ham-handed and inept, and the administrator conducting it outed my daughter to one of the classmates he spoke to.  I was never informed of the result, apparently in violation of FCPS procedures.

I was not sad when we switched to DL.  We have switched schools, and my daughter is in counseling.  She says that the years at Mosby were the worst of her life.

So, if your kid is the kind who fits in easily, not a quirky outsider with something different about him or her, Mosby should be fine.[/quote]

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