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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS is literal garbage. [/quote]

Can you give more specifics why you think DCPS high schools are garbage? DCPS has at least 3-4 strong high schools. I’ve had two kids graduate from Jackson-Reed. Both went on to Yale and are doing very well there. They were well prepared by their HS. That being said, I wouldn’t move if I was OP. Public schools in general these days have a lot of issues. MCPS has unfortunately declined in quality and the gap between MCPS and upper NW schools has closed considerably [/quote]

This family sounds in bounds for BCC which is pretty darn similar to JR on many levels.[/quote]

Fairly happy DCPS parent here, but I would not move "for the schools" if I was in-bound for BCC. If you like the house or the neighborhood better, great. It takes more planning and work and some luck to find a good pathway in DC though it's absolutely possible.

But what you have in MoCo is at least as good as what you'll get in upper NW, and arguably a lot better for middle and high. [/quote]

BCC is not that much better than JR.[/quote]

Holy crap.  Yes it is.  There are years when there are actual classes without teachers at JR.  My one kid didn't learn any physics in high school because although he "took" AP Physics, he literally didn't have a teacher.  Got an A for doing NOTHING.  The same thing happened for my 11th grade in AP Environmental Science. This totally insanity does not happen at BCC.

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You had bad luck…but I had two kids go through JR and neither of the above happened.

My kids had a physics teacher who used to be a college professor and was excellent.

What you are also describing is a situation where a teacher leaves right before the school year starts.  It sucks, but doesn’t happen that frequently, but they can’t produce a physics teacher magically.

As PP said, these exact issues happen all the time at BCC as well.  If you look at demographics, AP pass rates, etc. (and yes discipline issues which aren’t bad at either but happen), these schools look remarkably similar.[/quote]

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