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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent of a kid who is starting middle school next year at a pretty average school - can you share experiences of what makes the difference for a kid to be successful in school in MCPS?

Are the academic standards the same school to school? Or are kids in Potomac/ Bethesda held to higher standards since they may often arrive better prepared to learn?

What can a parent do to help their child succeed, that MCPS may not offer everywhere.

I am concerned that teachers don’t seem to set homework at all and when they do they don’t grade it or even notice of the kids do it.

How can a parent get some sense their kids on the right track?

I don’t like stressing about this stuff, but as a Mom I need some reassurance I am putting the right things in place to help my kid do well ( and balance that with being happy). We are already seeing that elementary school teachers tell the kids HW is optional so the kids don’t want to do it.

Please share your best practices and ideas.[/quote]

I am a Bethesda parent and I still had a lot of extracurriculars for my kid. Unfortunately, even schools with 9/10 ratings are not going to educate the kids. We have 30 students classes + class clowns + trouble makers. No much reading, no math textbooks, etc etc. I figured I'll stay at MCPS and spend extra on after-school activities rather than go private. [/quote]

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