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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pyle. Did HGC for 4th and 5th grade in chevy chase. No differentiation, now prides itself on "the miracles of stratifying 1/3 subpar, 1/3 avg, and 1/3 top students into each class in order to maximize average outcome."[/quote]

It strikes me, anecdotally from reading DCUM, that the people who paid the highest "good schools" surcharge (by living in the Bethesda/Potomac area) complain the most about the awfulness of those schools. Maybe the "good schools" surcharge is a bad buy.[/quote]

Same old same old. The Bethesda and Potomac school kids, as a cohort, have the highest college placements, SAT, ACT, SAT II scores and graduation rates. That's public info on the annual reports. That is wonderful results, however, if those same kids were just spinning their wheels waiting for High School or lost some of their love of learning along the way because the county school district will not challenge them, then that is sad. Parents can help ID this shortcoming and supplement with trips, camps, workbooks, tutors that go in depth or breadth.

But ultimately, mCPS is crummy, just like OP states. Doing the bare minimum for students and taxpayers is crummy. Shafting whole cohorts of students in order to focus on other cohorts of problem students is crummy. I'd expect more, regardless of state, county and city.  These are the kid of situations, where most non-clueless parents would opt for private school. Only here that costs $35k a year and is in high demand. [/quote]

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