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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like you should consider sending your kid to private school.[/quote]

Most of the privates are much easier than FCPS AAP.  We moved one from private back to FCPS and the curriculum in FCPS was far more challenging.  Have heard the same from several others.  [/quote]

Name the private, please.  [/quote]

NP here.  I think it is pretty well known in this area that FCPS middle and high schools are generally more rigorous than the standard private schools (in grades 7 through 12), especially in math and science.  Temple Baptist, Dominion, Trinity, Oakcrest, GW Community, etc.  Certainly, there are some private high schools that are arguably better and offer more options than FCPS high schools, but there are very few of them.[/quote]

We have experience at two of the NOVA Catholic schools as well as FCPS and FCPS has been more rigorous for us (especially math).  [/quote]

Which grade? I know six families that moved to Catholic because they thought it was better and the kids agree it's much harder. Several catholic schools in the Arlington Diocese for middle school.[/quote]

NP. I can name some schools. We've found middle school at Holy Spirit in Annandale to be much harder than the 7th-8th grade honors classes at Robinson (and elementary AAP also but that's outside the scope of this thread). So much so that I'm thinking about switching back to FCPS for next year. Holy Spirit was good for one of my kids but the workload and pace is just not working well for my child who is there now. If it were just some nightly math homework it would be no big deal but there are SO MANY tests and quizzes to study for, and writing assignments and massive long-term projects to worry about. Spanish is ridiculously hard and they teach that like it's a high school-level language class whether the 6th & 7th graders are ready for it or not. My oldest at Robinson had a much easier time than both younger kids and is now doing great in IB classes so I'm not sure if the extra rigor in middle school is necessary or appropriate unless the child is naturally super organized and already a master at executive functioning skills by the end of elementary. They say they teach those skills but really they just throw the kids into middle school and drastically ramp up the expectations without any supports built in so kids either sink or swim.[/quote]

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