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[quote=Anonymous]Parent trying to decide between public and private here.

The curriculum is standard across MCPS, but I haven't been able to get any specifics from our local ES principal on the curriculum besides "We use Eureka math" or "We teach to CKLA" for language arts and "the kids to art, music, and PE each once a week with a social-emotional health class every other week" or "they can start compacted math in 4th grade." That's not helpful!

When I tour private schools, I hear about how they start with Orff instruments and simple movement/simple songs in K, then begin chorus in first grade with themes aligned to what they're learning in Spanish class, then how science in 2nd will be including weekly robotics classes given by a specialist they hire, they share the list of field trips with me as an example...

The specificity I'm getting from the private schools is just SO much higher than I get from the principal at our local ES, and I feel well informed about it to make a decision. The curriculum in private schools even in just K-3 also seems richer, with more varied specials (e.g. robotics, 2 foreign language options) and well-roundedness (e.g. a class about social justice, a weekly class about both physical health & social-emotional wellness).

That said, our local ES is one of the top ranked in MCPS, and our neighbors say it's great.  So I must be missing something very special about it!

How can I find out what my kids would actually learning our public in K-2/3, so we try to figure out where to send them for school?  Our local ES principal said tours during the school day were not possible, so I'm not sure how to even observe a class to try to figure this out.

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