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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our child was at a Big 3 and we just moved to one of the schools mentioned here that feeds into Whitman.

I would say its 85% of what we had last year. MCPS has no separate science teacher, PE is only once a week and the class size is large (26 kids and one teacher versus 19 kids and two teachers last year). i think the people who say the schools are on par with privates mean well but unless you've actually done the switch yourself, you just can't go around saying things like that.  in addition, the afterschool offerings are mediocre at best.  they are much better than what i had as a child at a public school but they do not compare to a Big 3. also, i have noticed a level of bullying that was not present at my Big 3 which emphasized character education.

these schools are above average but they are not Big 3s which is okay for us right now but i may switch back later.

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NP here.  We also did the switch from well-known private to MCPS--another Bethesda school other than Carderock/Bannockburn.  I agree with PP that PE is weak in MCPS, and class size large.  Those are the main drawbacks.  But teaching-wise and curriculum-wise, MCPS is better than the elite private, in our opinions.  In MCPS they will accelerate and individualize much more than in private--privates tend to have the "our way is best" attitude and the attitude that there are so many people beating down their doors, that they really don't have to accommodate you.  It's something we found ironic because we were fully expecting that MCPS would be a large heartless bureaucracy after private, but actually, we've found that DC is being better-educated in MCPs than in an elite private!  I can't speak to aftercare because we haven't used it.  So I have done the switch, and I agree that Bethesda MCPS schools are on a par with private--in terms of education.

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