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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you were zoned for a high school such as Langley, Woodson, etc. do you think there's any benefit for going private for high school, aside from any religious aspect?[/quote]I have math and science children, so a huge no to privates.  They cannot compete with the level and quality of classes my children have in their local FCPS.  [/quote]

I have a very math-y kid and a different kid that wants to be a vet and we're going private (zoned for Woodson). I know FCPS can offer more in the way of in-house math, but our private allows dual-enrollment so with a little bit of work my kid can still take linear algebra in high school if they want to be on that track. The science at our future private is very hands-on and they still offer a good number of AP science classes, though not maybe quite as many. Our future private does have science and math specialists in elementary to ensure the younger kids get a strong science and math education. My science-oriented kid is very much looking forward to more hands-on science experiments in ES. I think my oldest kid has done 2 in all of FCPS ES.

We value the stronger elementary education - it's just a fact that most privates knock the socks off of most publics in elementary, even small Catholic parish schools, except maybe math. We know that means the high school education will have a few fewer opportunities for science and math than FCPS, but the kids will hopefully be better prepared and I don't mind doing what it takes to get my kids DE if they need it to make up for where there are gaps in potential APs.[/quote]

Pretty sure FCPS offers Dual-Enrollment, FWIW[/quote]

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