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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,
My DC sounds a lot like your child and I worried that he was going to be bored by the upper school CCPCS curriculum.  Boring and rigorous is one thing (at least they learn) but boring and not rigorous is another.  I am a fan in theory of expeditionary learning, but I'm not sure it's carried out well at CCPCS.  It's hard to sustain enthusiasm week after week on long projects, and if kids are behind academically then long group projects aren't going to go very deep.

OTOH, the community is great so I almost chose it just for that.  But there are lot of kids with major problems outside of school and I worried that that would end up being overwhelming over time both for my DC and also for the school in general.

Have you considered a private school just for these middle school years?  They are usually high quality and also very hands-on, which might motivate and appeal to your daughter.  IMO, middle school is more or less the weakest part of public school in DC-- there are better high school options and elementary options.  Good luck![/quote]

I agree the MS is the weakest part of the public school - not only in DC but across the country.

I believe that the changes that CCPCS made this year will help - but once again this is theory as opposed to being proved out.  
I am sure someone will correct me - so please take this as directional as opposed to the specifics.  (I am a parent who has other things to do)

The new MS is 5th-8th grade
They have a dedicated MS Principal
They are attempting to keep the MS classes small - even smaller than the elemntary at ~23
They are creating teams (they have another word for it) so that the students will have the same core teachers 2 years in a row

The OP had a concern of 25 lbs of books each day in the backpack- I would expect this is what you might see at BASIS - this is not the culture of the school at CCPCS.  The lower school has had decent DC CAS scores - and does not drill and kill to get them.[/quote]

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