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Current family. Heather Hills has a long history of being very rigid and cold and we have found that to be the case. I regret pulling my DC. Other families I’ve spoken with have expressed how the school has given their children anxiety due to the workload and extreme discipline practices. The challenge for us has been that the work is not harder as pp stated just more. Lots more. Almost everything will be done on computers including homework. Hours a day. The “project based” curriculum they promise is a front outside of projects around heritage months or holidays. Other projects have been poster boards on random topics due within days of assigning them.

Like PP it is assumed kids will universally be higher, better behaved etc. but that hasn’t been our experience. We’ve seen more behavior problems here than our previous school and have been surprised at how much remediation some students need on basic grade level tasks.

The new principal (3rd in 5ish years) is really trying but it’s an uphill battle and a culture that has existed for years. If you are at a higher performing PGCPS elementary with a strong TAG pullout or in class program I would stay put. Most families stay because it is their way “out” of an underperforming school and their ticket to the TAG middle. However, the TAG middle programs have had open slots well into late August for years now.

There is an old petition floating around online when parents wanted to oust a previous principal. While the new one has been good, a lot about the culture that parents describe in the comments is still spot on. Definitely go see for yourself. Whatever vibe you get, trust it[/quote]

Thank you so much for this feedback!!!
We are zoned to an ES with an in class TAG program. My concern is class sizes. However, I definitely don't want to sacrifice wellness! I appreciate your candidness.[/quote]

Not at HH but our experience is that the TAG center programs do not necessarily have smaller class sizes.  It depends on the specific enrollment that year.   For my kid, there are enough TAG kids to have 2 classes and there are about 23 kids in the class but the year behind only have enough for 1 so that class is 28 or 29 kids.  For my local school, some years they had 19 kids in the class and some years they had 28.   The TAG middle school classes are almost always at capacity and have 30+ kids.  [/quote]

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