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[quote=Anonymous]I have one kid in MCPS and one in private. Here's the difference people aren't getting re art & recess.

1. Recess - generally in privates, recess is more frequent (sometimes more than once per day). Certainly there are more frequent breaks built into the schedule. When the kids go outside, it's generally to less crowded, nicer, better equipped facilities.

2. Art - although often once just once a week, there are generally performances / prizes that are incorporated. Better equipment. Ex: my 2nd grader in a "top" MCPS school got to play two notes on an instrument. At open house, the parents watched as the kids were told to imagine instruments. There were no pictures, no sounds. Likely this is just poor / lazy teaching as there are awesome art and music teachers too but they have too many kids in a class. It is zoo-like in some classes.

Generally, kids need to be much more driven and self-motivated with lots of external supplementing to get an equivalent or better education than at a private.

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