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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids go to a diverse school with 30%+ FARMS but as far as I can tell they do an awesome job. There are lots of opportunities for differentiated learning and my kids have managed to score 99%+ on their MAP tests so seems to be working great at least for kids who are interested in school. This is why I'm skeptical of all the naysayers. Maybe if they spent a few minutes talking to their kids about school instead of complaining about MCPS incessantly their kids would do better too.[/quote]

I'm not surprised and you shouldn't be either. There aren't that many outliers in a school like this and it gives the teachers a break from students who are struggling or have issues at home that keep them from succeeding in school. They also have very small class sizes. Your experience is very different from what we have in a school with almost no farms where the class sizes are at the max and teachers think everyone is a "snowflake" so they just throw worksheets at them all day and expect the parents to teach their kids at home. The teachers seem to barely lift a finger.[/quote]

So, can you move to an area with more kids who are poor, so that your kids can go to better schools?[/quote]

At least for the elementary level and particularly for the early years, it probably is better for your kid to go to a poorer school - smaller class sizes, more per pupil spending, better chance of getting into a CES. In a richer area you're really just paying for the peer group vs "the school".[/quote]

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