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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here:

I went to private school, and the block schedule approach coupled with the academic rigor are familiar as well as effective imho…particularly in comparison to what I’ve observed in the mcps high school my older kids attend/attended.

The block schedule is 4 ninety-minute classes per day.

The curriculum is rigorous whether you opt for AP or not. Why? High expectations, midterms and finals, real deadlines, and accountability.

Re: mcps seniors with half day schedules - ICYMI: mcps has a teacher shortage, so they encourage students to just take their required classes and then peace out around 11:30 each day. They also promote the MC classes precisely because they don’t have enough teachers.

This doesn’t happen at private school. Your senior will carry a full load of classes.

I’m irritated that I’ll need to pay a small fortune for HS tuition, but the alternative is even more depressing.

PS - We saw a lot of parents at the open house whose older kids went to mcps for HS who are now considering private for the younger siblings. A lot. [/quote]

Clearly you are making generalizations where facts don’t exist.  I went to a private Hs without block scheduling but a rotating schedule and had rigor the whole way through.  My kids went to a MS with block scheduling and HS with regular scheduling.  Prefers the regular scheduling.  But after getting a schedule where their hardest classes were all in the morning back to back would like if they had my rotating HS schedule or a modified block schedule similar to college of MWF /T TH classes.[/quote]

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