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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moving to the area soon and had been thinking MoCo for the schools but this forum paints a bleak picture. Would any of you prefer a VA district to MCPS?[/quote]

Don't go by DCUM. You will be better off talking to real people.[/quote]

Half the people who post here are right-wing agitators who don't even live in the area. They're whole game is to play up negative stories and create fear and doubt.  My kids are in MCPS and doing great. As long as you are an involved parent your children can do well, but if you expect the county to raise them for you probably not.[/quote]

Whoa. I just read this comment. It’s ridiculous.

My kids went to private school in DC before we moved to MoCo for the public schools. I’ve watched their MoCo school go downhill every year since then. Most of the teachers are great. I am in awe of them to be able to perform in such a rapidly deteriorating system. However when you get a bad teacher, there’s nothing you can do. It’s a shame because some of these teachers have been working there for 20 years, with lousy attitudes, ruining kids’ love of STEM or foreign languages.

The classes are overcrowded. The hallways are intimidating. The kids are treated like criminals by staff. There is a hostility in the schools that is apparent in the way everyone treats each other.

The kids are not alright. Well, mine are, but they weren’t in MoCo for long, and their values and best friendships were formed before then.

My kids’ principal was thrown to the ground in a fistfight recently, with other kids chortling and taping it. Several kids carjacked one or more cars during the school day and supposedly are back at school now. A kid cracked a chair over another kid’s head. Kids got into a violent fight after a football game and several were arrested. There was a gun seen in the school that was never actually found.

The list goes on and on. There is no accountability from MoCo administration even though the reading and math proficiencies are dismal. They cite privacy laws whenever teachers or parents ask safety questions.

My kids got through because they joined great sports teams and took all AP classes. But this is not a place I would ever recommend. I’m glad it’s behind us. I would not choose to put my kids there if I did it all again. I feel like it’s just a matter of time before something really violent happens. [/quote]

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