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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With the recent news about the failure of 2.0, I wonder what we did when we bought our house to send our kids to MCPS. 
My kids fall smack dab in the wave of 2.0. They are 13 and 14. They got a heavy dose of 2.0 and any changes that are planned won’t gelp them one bit. 
It has been years of complaining, tutoring, frustration and a stint at a private school that we couldn’t afford. 
The only upside for me is if they fix the schools (I can’t imagine it getting any worse), my property value will probably improve. 
I feel as if my kids were cheated and as a parent, I was exhausted. 
My distrust will persist because these public servants betrayed us. 
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I am just really sorry, OP. I hope your kids have a more positive HS experience, and are well prepared for whatever they choose to do in life.

We have a much younger child who will start MCPS with the new curriculum. We signed a contract on a larger home in our neighborhood--as well as an expensive renovation of that home--weeks before the audit came out. We weren't too concerned with the overcrowding at our school (the outcomes are still good) or the Chromebook use (we figure they'll work out those kinks eventually), but the curriculum audit floored us. It was just so scathing.

Now we're left figuring out what to do. We'll watch what MCPS does and enroll our kid if the new curriculum seems better. If not, then what? We can't exactly easily sell a house we will have been in for just a couple of years. Private school would be a huge sacrifice for us. Plus, we love our neighborhood. We walked the streets when we bought our first home here after I got pregnant, talking about how great a place this will be to raise our daughter. The families are friendly, the neighborhood is safe ... it's almost a cloyingly idyllic suburban community. I am furious that MCPS's ineptitude will likely throw our family (and many others) into a very precarious state.

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Similar situation. We live in Bethesda and just did a big renovation. Oldest child is about to start kindergarten. The way I look at it is that a lot of education comes from home, so if MCPS is failing, we'll just be sure to sit down more than usual with our children to teach them on our own in the evenings. We'll hire tutors if necessary.[/quote]

Also, with 2.0, they had the arrogance to discourage parental involvement. Not letting parents get access to the curriculum in advance to help their kids. If they had textbooks, I would have been able to flip forward and see what was coming. We worked tirelessly with our kids, plus our day and night jobs. I cringe because I was a product of MCPS back in the day and I was proud of the education that I got. Not only that, I promised DH that the system was good. I also recommended it highly to one family who moved to this area from out west. When I saw the mess, at first I was in denial, even defending the schools. Then, by the time middle school math came around with massive typos and diagrams that looked like an 8 year old drew them, I had to start to consider private school. 
Advice: if the change takes too long, consider Montessori until third grade, which is affordable. Another option is schools like Norwood, Landon, Holton, or Bullis to get the basics. In 3-4 years it should be OK.  [/quote]

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