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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS parents, especially ‘W’ school parents like to operate under the misinformed opinion that their schools are “just like private schools” because they have already sunk money in real estate costs and realistically, would not be able to also afford private school. So they bristle at the possibility that they may not be providing their kids with the best education since they NEED to believe that they already have in order to keep up this guise and also, maintain their superiority complex. Therefore, anyone coming on here to ask questions about private schools is understandably met with ire and dismissed.

We are zoned for Wootton and my child attends private school. I can tell you with 100% certainty that my kid is getting a superior education to what she would have received at Wootton. Before this though, I used to think like many of you. [/quote]

Superior is subjective and it depends on the teachers, admin and classes offered.  The math track for privates is much slower.  And, there are few privates in the country that aren’t religious.  [/quote]

Most private schools in the country are actually [b]not[/b] religious. And I hear this “math track” thing all of the time as though math is weaker in private schools but that has not borne out in the schools we’ve attended. The private schools do go slower but that’s because they can and they are allowed to go more in depth than you can in public school, which is why your state math results are tanking but you do not see a similar decline in scores for private school students. So, it may be slower but they still have to finish the same curriculum ultimately and in addition to quizzes and tests, they have mid-terms and finals - something MCPS doesn’t have any longer. Also, my niece attends a private school in DC and they have the option to cross-register at Georgetown University if she ends up tapping out on their math offerings. [/quote]

Why do you need to cross register at a private.  Most in Montgomery County are religious or single sex.  Bullis, that’s about it.  My kids have weekly quizzes in multiple classes and tests.  You must not have hs students in Mcps.  We’ve done public and private.  The worst math teacher we had was in private.  [/quote]

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