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[quote=Anonymous]We moved here from out of state. All I can say is that this is a weird school system.

I've been surprised at how easy the curriculum is compared to all the hype about MCPS. Parents at my school are very upset about the curriculum. It appears very disorganized to me. The math is at least a year behind the school we came from - which wasn't a top school district.

I don't get the grade card. For K and 1st, I don't care but it does bother me that my kids will not see normal grades until middle school. I learned that other school districts in MD using common core do give normal A/B/C grades in 3-5th grade. The no grades thing is unique to MCPS. I guess its popular with teachers, less work.

There is more time spent here on standardized testing. I learned that you have to ask for the scores if you're interested. I had no idea what my son was talking about when he said he had a test on a computer. This was in K and I'm not kidding. In first and second grade there is more testing. In 3rd grade, they add in PARCC which takes something like 8 days not counting the prep.

I think how involved parents are depends on the school. Our school is very international and diverse. Parents are very active in the school but not as active socially. The international parents are far more critical of the curriculum. They seem to voice their concern outside the school and see no point in trying to change the system. Full day Saturday school and after school math enrichment is very, very common here.

If you're from a cold state, get ready to experience school closures when there is no snow on the ground. I learned that because the county is so big there is a 3-4 hour bus rotation window. If there is enough snow at 5 am up county to make it dangerous then school gets cancelled. This means that you'll have a snow closure at your ES which when its over 40 degrees with dry roads. If you work, save up leave for Feb. [/quote]

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