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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McLean is certainly a more academically rigorous school then BOC. Now if your child needs a small environment because of anxiety or what not, BOC would be a better choice — McLean is large and competitive [/quote]

A lot of kids who missed the cut for TJ go to McLean and Langley. I agree that the academics are strong. We moved our kids from a small private to public schools, and there was way more differentiation in the public schools and better paid teachers. There were large groups of very smart kids in the public, not just a few like at the private school. It's also nice to live close to your friends.[/quote]

This is the opposite of what our elementary experience was like.  The public elementary had a mix of good and bad teachers, some so bad that the principal expressed verbally that she wished she could fire them but central administration wouldn't allow it.  The classes were overcrowded - 30 in K, for example - so all of the attention went to the super gifted kids and the problem kids.  Any kid in the middle, like mine, was completely ignored and had to fend for himself.  When we switched to private, there was a lot more personal attention, since only 10-12 kids were in a class.  He learned a lot more and finally gained some of the academic skills that the public wasn't even teaching, like writing an essay and giving a presentation.  I had imagined public HS would be similar, so I'm surprised to hear that Mclean would be more rigorous - unless it's a case where, like in our elementary, it's only the really self-motivated and self-advocating students that get enough attention to learn anything.  [/quote]

It's well known that APS does a better job with ES than FCPS, and that FCPS does a better job with HS than APS.  And McLean HS is considered one of, or the, best HS in FCPS and probably Nova.

Comparing an overcrowded kindergarten class to McLean is just apples to a good pork loin.[/quote]

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