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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kinder teacher here, each year my class runs between 22-24  consistently. I have taught k for 10 years and agree with a pp, a skilled teacher can handle this class size. Yes, in a perfect world our classes would be less than 20, but until that happens, teachers are used to the class size. I can also tell you that, while I don't work at RHPS,  I have worked with several of them through various mcps programs.   The kindergarten teachers at that school have amazing reputations among both the Bethesda/Chevy chase parents and the mcps community at large.  They are among the best out there, I wish I could afford a house in the area so my child could have one of them![/quote]

Oh - had this post only been written when we started pondering this question and decided to go private rather than deal with the large RHPS classes.  We start a private K next year and will always wonder if I'm throwing that $$ down the proverbial drain.  Nice to hear the bit about the teachers - that was the biggest concern.  [/quote]

Sorry, but even at RHPS teacher quality varies widely.  Some are great.  Many are mediocre.  A few are terrible. It's a large school so there is very little supervision at recess and the special ed services were not great, IME.  Can't speak to the relative merits of RHPS vs. other MCPS schools.[/quote]

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