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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many of us who use privates did our time in DCPS. I sent my own kids for 10, 9 and 10 years respectively---that's a total of 29 years of DCPS education.

I'm not a picky consumer but dealing with DCPS is year-in and year-out is exhausting. We had entire school years without a permanent teacher. We had teachers leave mid year and not be replaced. My kids were never taught to write more than a RACE body paragraph (IYKYK) and in 6th grade and up never read a single full book for any English class (ironically they read more in elementary school.)

We were super active parents in DCPS--- donors to the PTA, room parents, heck I even subbed at one point. But I wanted my kids to learn to write, write and think and so we applied out for high school (and for 8th grade for the middle kid). 
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Our two kids spent ES, MS, and first kid first year of HS in MoCo public schools, until we finally threw in the towel because nobody seemed to care that DC 1 wasn’t sufficiently challenged, affecting their mental health. They transferred to one of the big 3 single sex schools for 10th grade and finally thrived. DC 2 followed for HS. Both attended top schools and are highly successful and happy adults. In retrospect, it was the best decision we ever made. 
DC1 ‘s friend, who was similar, smart but underperforming, and stayed in public schools, didn’t fare was well.[/quote]

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