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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm pretty sure Columbus Day observation is really intended to be limited to current parents - it wouldn't really work for someone with no exposure to the school since at least at the 2 MCPS schools my kids have attended, there isn't a tour, you just go spend a limited amt of time watching your kids' classes as they go about their business.

OP, if you're genuinely interested, [b]I'd bet that you could arrange to sit in on an info session for prospective new K parents [/b]- our MCPS elementary had a couple each year in Feb/March. I went a year before my first would be ready, to see if I might want to try to apply him elsewhere for preK. You can also ask for PTA info and email current parents that way.

As other PPs have suggested, it's not realistic to assume that elementaries can arrange tours to suit anyone who inquiries. 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]

OP here -- Thanks, this is a great suggestion.  My motivation is the same as other PPs have said -- we're targeting a few neighborhoods we like and would be comfortable living in, but we want to make sure the schools are a good fit since that will be such a big part of our lives for the next 18 years or so (2 kids from K-12).  I agree with PP that the administration, culture, etc. can vary greatly by school, so that's really what I'm hoping to get a sense for on a tour.  And I've been able to get a really good sense of it on the one tour I've been on so far.  So I'm inclined to take it as a sign of how Somerset approaches parent interaction.  Thanks all for the great discussion.[/quote]

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