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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like to here from a non-CES/HGC or non-Magnet school. We don't live near any and the logistics are not feasible for our family or most of our school pyramid's families.

Doesn't that tell you something if the only families satisfied are the handful that go to CES and magnet programs in 500 sq mile county district?[/quote]

My older daughter is starting CES in the fall, but I have overall been happy with my two kids' MCPS experience at our home school.  Do I think it's perfect?  No, but I definitely think it is good.  They are happy to go to school; they are engaged and excited about what they're learning.  My kindergartener (who did not enter kindergarten reading) progressed immensely and is able to read picture books and easy "chapter" books like Bad Kitty now at the end of the year (and I don't think this is a unique experience at our school).  We are not thrilled with the pace and structure of the math curriculum, but I have no doubt they will be ready for Algebra in 7th or 8th grade and prepared to take college math if they choose to.  Their teachers work hard to meet the needs of large classes with students of varying skills and abilities.  I think our school has worked creatively to provide the support for teachers to be able to do that with the class sizes they have - strong grade level teams that jointly plan projects and assignments and send letters or info home to parents as a team, encouraging experienced teachers to be preceptors for UMD student teachers (my kids LOVE the student teachers and it gets an extra adults into the classrooms).

I don't expect public school to be perfect.  Honestly, I wouldn't expect any school to be perfect, but if you do choose private school then you get a lot more say in the overall philosophy because there are a variety out there and you get to choose the best fit for your kid and your family.  Public school is inherently less personalized.  But I don't think any other local public system is way better than MCPS.  DCUM is not a representative sample of anything.  And if you go on the "Virginia Public Schools" forum, you will see just as much griping and complaining as you do here (I personally have only checked out the VA one and not the DC forum).  There are lots of parents in MCPS who are happy with their kids' experience.  And there are lots of parents who are generally happy but come here to complain about the couple things they are unhappy about.  I don't think it says much about the system as a whole.

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