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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, once again--thanks to all who have provided helpful replies.

To be clear, we're genuinely not interested in private school. Our child was at one of the top schools in the DMV until recently and we weren't impressed. I don't want to start yet another public vs. private war.

If it makes MCPS families feel any better, I am hearing all of the same complaints about the district "going downhill" from FCPS families, too. I don't think it's a MD vs. VA thing. I think it's a pandemic thing.

What I don't understand, because I only recently started reading anything to do with MoCo, is if there are problems that go beyond the current issues with DL and the admin during the pandemic. I'd like to treat this as a discrete issue, since it won't last forever.

If the posters complaining about MCPS are just upset about DL/leadership during COVID, then it's really no concern of mine. If there are larger structural issues to be aware of, that would be good to know. Ex. we are currently zoned in APS and there is a *huge* divide in school quality between North Arlington and South Arlington--it's really discouraging. FCPS also has really uneven quality between "have" and "have not" schools. Magnets are all done by lottery and we've been waitlisted in the 200s each time we've applied at the ES level. TJ, the STEM magnet, is moving to a lottery-based admissions system as well, rather than a test-based one.

My impression is that MCPS is more equitable, though there are pockets of concentrated wealth (I get the sense this is Whitman/BCC clusters?)[b]. It seems like there are accessible pathways to a really great education whether you live in Bethesda, or Kensington, or Rockville, or Silver Spring, even if there is some variance in test scores/course offerings at home schools. Is that a fair assessment?[/b][/quote]
Yep. Exactly, that's a fair assessment.
There are lots of programs and offerings all over MCPS.[/quote]

+1 Agreed. You definitely have options. [/quote]

All the W clusters have a lot of wealth not just BCC and Whitman.  Churchill and Wooton are in Potomac and Bethesda and Kensingtn are in WJ. [/quote]

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