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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, to answer your question:
MCPS K-4
Holton 5-8
MCPS 9-12[/quote]

Personally, I'd rather send my child to any of these three schools than MCPS.  It depends on what is important to you in a school.  For us, we want small classes, personalized attention, frequent PE and sport opportunities, values instruction, frequent arts and emphasis on writing and public speaking vs. taking a multiple choice test among other things.  These three private schools are all better at those than MCPS.  [/quote]

We have been private for many years for exactly the reasons the person stated above. We switched into a MCPS middle school this year for 7th grade at one of the well regarded MS in Bethesda/Potomac. I have to say , we were quite fearful of what my DC would be missing and we have been really surprised how much is going on. My DC has PE every day, is in orchestra every day, has had more writing assignments in a week then he had at his private school, great choices for art electives that did not exist at his private, strong emphasis on organizational skills, guidance counselor that is dedicated to overseeing his success coming from a small private, better math curriculum and science, and some HW every day. There is more going on than multiple choice tests. We do miss the smaller classes but those can be a double edge sword socially. If your child does't connect with the group of kids in that class, it can be really hard. With so many kids, there is a better chance to find a group that you fit with.

Norwood and Holton are great  schools. They do offer a lot. I am not sure WES is in the same category. However, to say that all these private schools are better than MCPS is pretty dismissive. We have been on both sides of the fence and truly believed private was better. I have to admit it is not at all what I thought. It has only been a week but at least from what I have seen so far, I have to admit I was wrong about my thoughts on public and what they offered.[/quote]

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