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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year we applied our 3rd grader to competitive privates (big 3 - 5) coming out of MCPS.  Her grade was the guinea pig grade for 2.0 so she had 2.0 for second and third, and the new report card for 3rd.  I made an appointment with the admissions offices to discuss the new report card and talked about the inconsistencies in use of Ps, ES, etc. across our school.  The privates definitely got that the new report card was a hot mess.  My daughter had almost all Ps, but strong WISC IV testing and recommendations. She was accepted into several top privates for 4th.  And, YES, she had major gaps going into her 4th grade private math, as did several other MCPS 2.0 students. The school has been very supportive in getting her caught up, but there definitely was catch up required (even though she had been receiving enrichment in the 2.0 curriculum).[/quote]W

Would you share with MCPS school your DD went to previously?[/quote]

The "W" Cluster o elementary schools... notorious for total inconsistency in how ES and Ps are distributed.  Has been a topic of discussion in many school wide report card meetings in these schools.[/quote]

The more I hear about the problems in W schools on DCUM, the more I'm thinking that the W schools are not actually the best schools in the county. They do have the most expensive real estate, though.[/quote]

Ehh, no.  They are still the best.  The issues you have here is that the parents (generally) of kids at the W school have very high expectations.  They want the best for their kids.  When something like the new curriculum is rolled out they will of course be the ones to point out the deficiencies and to complain until those are fixed.  This isn't a bad thing as it benefits all kids throughout the system.  Don't be fooled by folks who claim "my title 1 school is better b/c class size is lower" or "b/c the new curriculum is better."  Those clusters simply don't have the demanding parents of the W system.  W parent and private school parents are interchangeable in many ways.  Their high standards are what keeps the system strong for everyone.[/quote]

Oh, now I get it. It's not that my non-W school is good; it's that I'm too ignorant to know that it's bad. (Plus I don't want the best for my kids.) And yet my undeserving kids get to benefit from the selfless efforts of the parents at the W schools! How grateful I am. Thank you very much for explaining this to me.

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