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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a child at PBES. His K-2 years at TPES were interrupted by covid, so I barely entered the school.

This year at PBES he likes his teacher and classmates. It is a huge school and the students are sorted into pods, so the same few classes have lunch and recess together. My child grew up in the neighborhood but still only knew a couple kids in his class at the beginning of the school year. (To him, it was a positive and he's glad he got to make new friends.)

He won the CES lottery so we'll see how next year goes. A lot of students qualify, but I think there is only 1 CES class. They tell us that enrichment is offered to all students in math and ELA. Compacted math is offered (4/5 in 4th grade; 5/6 in 5th grade). Like all schools, so much is dependent on the teacher.

Finally, I will add that my math teacher family member likes the MCPS math curriculum. It takes the time to build strong foundational math skills, so if the curriculum is done correctly the children should have good number sense and logic. [/quote]

For a moderately low FARMS school like PBES you need to be in something like the top 8% nationally to be in the top 15% at a school like PBES; fortunately, a class of 28 out of a grade of roughly 200 at PBES gives pretty good lottery odds. :D[/quote]

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