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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS is a huge, terrible mess. There really is no other appropriate description, OP. The elementaries are good in NW, because parents there are wealthy and educated, but it goes downhill from there fast.

MCPS is considered to be one of the top public school systems in the nation, and also one of the largest, which means there will be some unevenness. While being vastly different from DCPS at the middle and high school level, it doesn't mean education there is superb, because the US is sadly not in the top group of nations with the best education systems. The privates aren't great either (ie, they focus on extras like athletics instead of paying their teachers more, which means that they're not $40k a year better than publics).

Between them, the choice is a no-brainer. You also need to parent your child adequately at home, enrich and fill in what you think might be lacking at school.

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Good God - [b]talk about an over generalization[/b].  We are in Upper NW and are even happier with Deal then we were our JKLM - and I think it's better because those so called wealthy and educated parents aren't so involved.  Yes, high SES matters but more in what type of home environment the kids have.  We have lots of friends at Wilson and most are happy with it.  Is it the perfect academic school?  No.  But, it offers diversity and learning early on that life is far from perfect.  And there are other options at that age too - Walls, Latin, Basis...Banneker..

From what I read on these boards -[b] I'm not sure MoCo is much better.  Read the suicide thread with all the talk of pressure in HS[/b] - from talking to my friends that is not as prevalent at Wilson or Walls.  Yes, DCPS bureaucracy is not great but at least our governor isn't making us go back to school after Labor Day.  And as gentrification increases, the lower SES is getting pushed out to the Maryland and Virginia areas.  Class sizes sound bigger there.  Ours at JKLMM is usually around 25.

There is no perfect answer though. Do you value walkability?  Being in the city?[/quote]
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lol.. Good God talk about over generalization.  Do you think all this pressure in HS exists in every MCPS HS?  MCPS is huge, with very different kinds of HS all over the county.[/quote]

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