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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, nobody goes there anymore—it’s too crowded.

(I think that was a Yogi Berra line, right?)[/quote]

You really can’t see that a school losing that number of kids in just a few years is a problem? [/quote]
In fairness, there wasn’t a significant increase in the population zoned for RCES during the time that enrollment surged; it was just that RCES was named a Blue Ribbon School in 2012, and for a few years after that, fewer people in Kentlands and Lakelands chose private elementary schools, and then for several more years, they sent the younger siblings to RCES as well. Eventually, enrollment was out of control, the excellent longtime principal left, the new one couldn’t fill his shoes, and the Blue Ribbon designation wasn’t recent anymore, so the people seeking the best schools are back to choosing private.[/quote]

Yeah no. I’ve lived in Lakelands for 7 years and can confidently say that I would’ve chosen private for my kid even if RCES had been named a Blue Ribbon school last year. You all always go back to that as though it’s the reason, when it’s just not. I don’t know anyone who has even mentioned it when making a decision about whether to send their kid there.[/quote]
So it’s purely a coincidence that the 3 largest cohorts that ever passed through RCES were the first 3 cohorts to start kindergarten after RCES was named a Blue Ribbon school?[/quote]

I think people were lulled into thinking Blue Ribbon meant something. Turns out it really doesn’t mean all that much. RCES is a big, unwieldy school that has all the problems MCPS has and feeds into a mediocre cluster. It took a few years for people to realize it, but they have. Nearly 700 kids is a big elementary school, regardless of the building‘s capacity. Every parent I’ve talked to with kids there talk about how it’s disappointing.
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The school just hasn’t been the same since Larry Chep left. I hope the new principal is very good.[/quote]

I hope so too, but we just weren’t willing to wait around and see. We have at least 6-7 families from Kentlands/Lakelands in the lower school at our private. It’s sad. We never wanted to send our kid to private school and we love our neighborhood. The school just clearly isn’t what it used to be.[/quote]

There has always been a high rate of families who send their children to private school in the kentl;ands/lakelands. You can stop blaming the principal.[/quote]

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