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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not only do I not want random strange adults trooping in and out of my kids' classrooms, I don't want the administrative staff taking a couple of hours out of every other week to tour and do Q&A with people shopping schools. The curriculum is the same county wide, and while school cultures/environments definitely differ, you probably won't get a good feel for that in a short tour anyway! [/quote]

The curriculum may be the same countywide but the leadership at the school, the school culture, the facilities are not all the same county-wide.  Also, reading postings about breaking out students by level and how advanced work was handled under 2.0,the answers seemed to vary by school.

I laughed at the random strange adults trooping in and out of classrooms because most schools don't want the parents of currently enrolled students inside classrooms.  You have few opportunities to see what goes on, if you toured ahead of time and Open House in your child's classroom.  You are supposed to have trust in the curriculum and the MCPS brand.

To the OP, my best advice would be go for the neighborhood you like the best and make sure should you need to do something other than public school, you haven't cut it so close that you couldn't afford to do so.  There is a part of me that wished I had picked a different public school when we were looking. However, it is hard to know what your yet unborn child will need and you can have two kids that thrive in different environments.  I really like the neighborhood and our location.  In some ways as stressful as our years were in public school, I feel I met wonderful parents and our kids met good friends.  The story hasn't been closed yet on how we may impact each other's lives.  Who knows how that would have been different if I had chosen a different school.  Also, as frustrated as I was with our local school, I still have to acknowledge my child still learned and was prepared for her next school and for a different child it was a great experience.[/quote]

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