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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We  live in the county in a W school district.   All we have been hearing is how great the schools are here.   Neighbors, teachers, friends have been telling us this.   Now that we are here, my husband and I look at each other and say "this is good?"   No teaching?  Packets dumped on them?  Told just to watch You Tube videos and online demonstrations?

What kind of Kool-Aid are folks drinking here?   [/quote]

They have to justify spending upwards of $1mil on a house that would barely break $400k elsewhere in MoCo. Anyone who bought in the last 15 years has been told that there’s one curriculum for the whole district and that hiring practices do not ensure the “best” teachers are clustered in any one area of the County. Therefore, people bought largely for a vanity address and some to avoid black and brown people residing on their street (unless a live-in nanny) or sitting at the desk next to Larla. But you can’t tell that to grandparents when you are asking for down payment help. You have to argue that X cluster is the only path to HYPS. That’s the Kool Aid (DCUM flavor), not anything MCPS has said. The system has never argued children in Ws or their feeders will get a better education than a child in Einstein or Springbrook’s catchments.[/quote]

So which is it?  I hear all the time that the W schools are better, and that it's unfair to the rest of the county.  They point to the test scores as an indication that the schools are better.[/quote]

The W schools have a parent pool that pays for tutors and more tutors. Some will even mortgage their homes to send DC to 8 weeks of summer camp or to "the best" college.

Just by economics alone these schools have been listed as better. Also, alumni to college connections are real at these schools.

My kids some went to  a W school some went private. MCPS was definitely academically better than the private as a whole. There were great teachers in both places and horribly bad in both. There is more than 7 years difference between my oldest and my youngest.  I can honestly say our W school, has way less good teachers now.  My youngest went to an IVY, was not a reader til after college and  he said freshman year was way easier than some of his high school classes. He felt very prepared. Can I ask for more than that nope

Does living in a W school district require a higher housing price yes it does. Is it required to live there for your DC to get a great education at MCPS absolutely not. More of this is about meeting your child's needs as to what type of student they are. Also, if you are at an under performing school then what are you doing as a parent for your child to make them successful?

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