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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP all your comments seem to trash ALL the area public school systems without a lot of direct knowledge of any of them. Sure there's tons of complaining on DCUM about MCPS, FCPS, and the rest, and the class sizes are definitely larger than private. But there are great public schools in this area with tons of smart, motivated kids who get good educations and go on to very competitive colleges.

You also don't seem to understand that your kids won't have the option of paying for school with loans - there are strict limits on loans that undergrads can take out nowadays (somewhere around $5500/yr.) And at your income, your kids won't be eligible for financial aid. They can hunt for merit aid, but the top schools don't give merit. So what are you going to tell them when it's time to apply for college?[/quote]

Agreed, there are a lot of FCPS/MCPS schools, unfortunately the ones we can afford and have the programs we are interested in are untenable commutes.[/quote]

It really doesn’t sound right to me that your high school “doesn’t differentiate” until 11th grade. Aren’t there honors classes and on- grade-level classes? Even at our MCPS school that it sounds like wouldn’t impress you at all, my 10th grader has found honors and pre-IB classes challenging, plus one AP in 9th and one in 10th. What grade is your oldest actually in? It sounds like you have anxiety about a problem that is not a problem yet.[/quote]

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