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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone tell me why MoCo has split articulation?  I can see a definition on MCPS but it seems like a practice that leads to a pretty awkward middle school experience.  Kids do not bother making friends with other kids who they know are going off to a different high school. It was difficult recruiting parents to invest their time in PTA and volunteer efforts because no one was invested in the school. It cast a shadow over the whole experience for us.
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The key though is that CJMS to WCHS cohort was like 125-150 kids at least who then became part of a 450-500 class. Having a real tiny number would not be great.

It’s not ideal for sure but it’s not as bad as you might think. I went to Cabin John and then Churchill. At the time it was probably 65-70% went to Wootton and 30-35% to Churchill. I was definitely friends with a lot of people who went to Wootton and it was really sad to split up for high school but once a month or two of high school passed most people made friends with kids from the other middle school Hoover.

Where things would be really bad would be if say 20-30% or less of an ES went to a different MS. Or if a small percentage of an ES went to the same MS as the rest of their ES but then split up and went to a different HS and was maybe 10%-25% of a MS going to a HS.[/quote]

I did the same (CJ to Churchill) and it was not a big deal looking back. It was sad in the moment and of course 8th grade drama llamas made it seem like the end of our lives. It was fun to have friends from other high schools and I’m still friends with some of my middle school Wootton friends 20+ years later! [/quote][/quote]

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