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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current AAP parent (2 kids in the program, 1 2nd grader accepted) who is switching to a Protestant private that is probably more similar to a parochial school than an independent or a church-based school: it depends.

When my kids moved from the gen ed classroom to AAP, we saw a substantial decrease in behavior issues. Even kids who had caused those issues before ceased to cause them [i]as much[/i] - whether because of peer group, teachers, or expectations I don't know. The accelerated math pace helped keep my kids engaged. While not perfect, my kids definitely found peers.

What's causing us to move?

1. Biggest: we, including both parents and the kids, want the religious aspect in the education. That's not going to happen/shouldn't happen in public. We can finally afford it at a private that we think will provide a decent academic education to go with.

2. Language arts even in AAP is significantly lacking.

3. Tired of so many screens. New school still uses screens, but much more sparingly in the lower grades.

What do we feel we are missing out on?

1. Math. Our private doesn't offer the same math opportunities that FCPS does for late high school (BC calc and dual enrollment courses with GMU). We may be able to advocate for those or set our kids' own path if they are that advanced in math, but our school doesn't have that track. We go in knowing that.

2. All the money we would have been able to use for other things. We will miss it.[/quote]

Catholic schools are not better for Math or Science. That is absurd.

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I never said they were. In fact I said moving from FCPS AAP to private Christian we knew we'd be missing out on math at the upper school level, and I'm firmly convinced of that.

That said, I agree with the poster who said that in elementary (no knowledge of middle first-hand) Catholic/private Protestant can definitely be better than in FCPS elementary. The pacing of our private's math curriculum is such that my rising 5th grader who is a year ahead in FCPS by their pacing guide is only half a year ahead of our future private. There are many, many more elementary school science labs at our future private compared to the 0-1 per year my kids in AAP get right now.

High school is a different ballgame, but the elementary education in FCPS has really declined over the past decade or so. I am an FCPS grad myself.[/quote]

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