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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my kid was in private through 6th. 7th grade in MCPS was a dream. But 8th, 9th, and 10th have been horrible. If I could afford larger schools with more kids, I would send him back to private. But I can only afford the smaller schools and those are too socially stifling. [/quote]

Could you elaborate on why 8th to 10th have been horrible?[/quote]

8th because of COVID, although the teachers went above and beyond.

9th and 10th because of a weak principal at a school with a significant FARMS student enrollment.   It's not the student demographic alone -- I love Clarksburg High -- and they have an incredible principal.   But it takes more oversight to manage in a healthy, productive way.  And it is grossly lacking at my child's school.

1) underfunded sports where kids don't have sufficient equipment
[b]2) underfunded classrooms without enough books to hand out to the entire class[/b]
3) almost no engagement in PTSA, so no significant fundraising to address gaps[b]
4) classes of 35-38 kids
5) discipline policies that don't work, so students are assaulting teachers, cussing them out, showing up high to class, fighting in the bathrooms, vaping everywhere -- hallways, classrooms, etc.
6) many weapons in the school on a daily basis
7) kids (and parents) driving like maniacs in and out of the school parking lot, cutting cars off, flipping other drivers off, ramming other parked cars, going in exits and almost hitting other parents, hotboxing in the parking lot.  And that's what I've seen.  I have heard of knife fights in the parking lot before and after school.  
8) poor academic policies that allow kids to get 50% for not turning anything in.  So if they do an occasional assignment or quiz, they can get their grades up to 60% and pass.  [/b]
9) no school newspaper, no school yearbook club, no school spirit.[/quote]

We deal with some of these issues (especially the bolded) at our MCPS high school also.

We do have a school paper, which is nice.  [/quote]

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