Reply to “Fleeing” to the burbs

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "“Fleeing” to the burbs "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am OP! I have little kids but when we outgrow our teensy house, I don’t know where to begin figuring it out. I appreciate the don’t flee responses! I’d truly rather not. I just see so much saying that dc standards are horribly low and burbs are so much more rigorous, and I truly have zero clue how to assess those claims. The negativity about every option on here gets in my head! I just want my kids to have an outlet to be happy and passionate about learning and not incredibly bored. And the idea of denying them cool opportunity like robot space club or whatever because I prefer to live in a city makes me feel like a jerk.

Then again, right now, parents at our title I school are interesting, mission-focused people who work in non profits and in government, and I like the idea of being in a community with those sorts of values. Then this forum makes me think that the kinds of amazing opportunities my kids would love is all in the burbs and not in dc—but maybe it’s just a grass is always greener situation. Any thoughts on how people are working through this kind of decision? [/quote]

I am in a bit of a different situation - live and work in the 'burbs but recently went through the homebuying/school research process and I generally found that qualitative information from people with direct experience with the schools was more valuable than test scores or general perceptions from people without direct experience. Based on my research it seems that there are some very good Title I schools, but there are also ones where K-2 is fine and then 3-5 is a disaster, so maybe talk to some parents of older children in your community. For MCPS, it may be helpful to look at the MD school report cards, especially the teacher and student survey data, to compare schools within MCPS.

I am a product of a "W" school in MCPS (one of the sought after high schools) after attending a prestigious private for elementary and middle school and I just would not go into this with the expectation that a Bethesda/Potomac public school will provide some kind of cushy/elite experience. They are public schools with large class sizes. The classes are full of rich kids though. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics