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[quote=Anonymous]We go to a very high rated elementary school in MCPS.

The biggest reason to go private IMO is not the larger class sizes. You can have a large class as long as you have lots of teaching assistants and specialist teachers for subjects beyond basic math and reading not just 1 teacher for 80% of the time per 25 kids. MCPS spends more $$ on assessments, staff, and the overhead for the system while private seem to have more flexibility to have more real science, art, drama, music, PE, foreign language, etc etc.

In private, you have more say..to a degree..in working with the administration if your child needs something else or there is a problem or you just want to know more about the school. MCPS is what it is and that's that. There is very little if any parent influence and MCPS really looks as parents as pests to manage and keep at arms length. Public school is great if you want to part of your community and the PTA is fun for getting neighbors and kids together for social events. If you want to be involved with the school and actual education then go private.

Curriculum 2.0 is another reason why private would be better in some ways. We just supplement at home because the math is so basic it is sad. Almost all the parents and a good number of teachers are very frustrated with Curriculum 2.0. [/quote]

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