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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was less than impressed with MCPS and we were in the BCC cluster.

I feel that unless you have a super star academic child, your kid will get educated at the bare minimum.

For example - an on level 6th grade class in social studies and/or science would have assignments that are full in the blank because they give you sentence starters. I’m just not sure how that helps a child get ready for high school writing. English was fine but mostly creative writing. Math homework is never reviewed and they just push through with no cohesion, IMO, of grace to grade standards. Plus, class sizes are too big. In the end, we left for private. [/quote]

Right-- but contrast around DCPS.

These conversations are just so ridiculous to me. Everyone gives their own personal experience and some weird extreme case. Look at test scores, look at metrics that matter to you as a family or for the unique circumstance with your child.

Regardless of what people think here-- MOCO high schools are some of the highest ranked in the COUNTRY. Bethesda Magazine publishes every year where these students at all moco counties applied for college and acceptances, it's very impressive so those kids are learning. Is this important to you or the top issue for your family? If so maybe check it out. Wilson is fine. We left DC bc I wanted my kids to have a more traditional HS experience with dances, schools, parent involvement in a tighter knit community.

[b]My experience as a DC parent is that not a week goes by without friends in my kids classes moving, going private, playing the lotto again to switch schools so it never feels like there is a strong cohort that is actually going to stay until the end.[/b]

I tried to not focus on elementary-- that can be great anywhere, middle and high is where the rubber hits the road, and I don't think you can compare Pyle and the academics there with Macfarland or even Deal. Again- not trying to crap on those schools but it wasn't what we wanted based on what was most important to us.[/quote]

As a person who had a traditional HS experience with a cohort that pretty much stayed the same from elementary through HS, I felt that there were a lot of downsides to this. Cliques that formed early and pretty much stayed the same for over a decade, for one. Seeing all the same kinds of people, within the same SES, etc. If this is what you're looking for, then of course you should move to where that is. It's not necessarily great though.

That's what this all comes down to. The only way you'll get the right answer is to think about what you want for yourself and your kids. The people who are constantly worrying about their decision haven't taken time to sit down and really figure out what they value, and see if where they're sending their kids meets those values. [/quote]

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