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[quote=Anonymous]Mosby is a very diverse and large school.  It is run well (logistically) despite the size, but it can be hard to be noticed.  The PTA has a lot of good people...not snobby, just trying to help out.  The thing we noticed the most was how much school spirit there is and participation in all schoolwide events at night.  We had experience with two other elementary schools that were good, but when it came to participation,  they couldn't hold a candle to Mosby.   Things like the 6th grade fundraiser trivia night --- I thought it would be a bust because what can 3rd graders get out of a trivia contest?  Turned out to be standing room only.  Same with all the movie nights, bingo nights, and dances...and the Einstein night (science fair) and especially the annual staff basketball game against Providence!  Wholy cow!  They rock it!.

I was a mom of an AAP student.  There seemed to be a divide in that the parents of in-bound students took responsibility for running the events and pta.  I was kind of an anomole in getting involved, but at our previous school, it was just the opposite -- the AAP parents ran everything because of a socioeconomic divide.  At Mosby, it's more of a location divide  (with multiple highways and an interstate surrounding the school ftom the feeder base-school).  My theory is that those who have to cross a highway or drive further to get to Mosby don't feel connected to the school and don't get involved with the work.   Most of the AAP parents were not involved.  I tried to be involved and felt bad for the in-zone parents because in some ways they were giving up their facility space for my AAP kid to go there.

Where the AAP parents do get involved is prepping their kids for IAAT, and thinking they are too good for Thoreau, and they have to get into TJ.    When my kid's teacher put out the monthly newsletter for Dec, the survey question was: what are you doing over winter break (xmas break)?  I was surprised how many kids said they were studying for the IAAT!  I didn't even know that was a thing!

Anyway...like all FCPS schools, it has positives and negatives.  The Mosby-in-zone community is a good group.  It's too big (population of students) and needs a renovation, but it is run well and has a lot of community events and top notch school spirit.  Academically,  like other schools, it is very teacher dependent.[/quote]

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