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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the Whitman cluster with ES kids. We are generally happy with our teachers and love our school community, but classes for my kindergartner and 4th grader have 25+ kids. The administrators are also extremely frustrating communicators and under qualified. My oldest needed some additional assistance learning to read, which we accomplished through after school tutoring. I am not sure we are quite ready to switch to private school quite yet, but my spouse is.

If you can afford parochial or private school, why do you keep your kids in MCPS?[/quote]

We bought in the Einstein cluster (gasp!), so our fourth grade classes are never more than 22 kids and often less.  The smaller class makes such a difference, even for kids that are a few grades ahead.   Our principal is a clear, consistent communicator when MCPS central’s messaging allows her to be.   It’s a kind, caring community that challenges my kids and exposed them to diversity.

We did parochial last year and weren’t impressed.   We loved that daily religion class, but the teachers were not up to date on best education practices and we had more trouble with bullying and classroom disruption.   Grass isn’t always greener.   [/quote]

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