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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't say if they're in decline, but the reputation seems overblown compared to affluent NJ suburbs.[/quote]

NJ suburbs have small, township-based school systems, so of course no single system there will attract as much attention as FCPS.

And the poorer systems in NJ really suffer, because they aren’t subsidized by the wealthier areas.

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No they are subsidized due to court decisions. Camden and Newark in particular.

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Nobody in Fairfax county gives a sh*t about New Jersey schools.  [/quote]

I live in Fairfax and I do.  The education here is worse than what I got as a kid in wealthy suburban NJ, but it seems that the teaching style today and the subject matter covered is much different than what I had as a kid as well. Maybe the current style is better for most of the student population, but k-2 doesn't seem nearly challenging enough.[/quote]

Then Go back to Jersey, and quit comparing apples and oranges. [/quote]

I prefer higher standards.  I don't understand why FCPS is so highly regarded.

No required summer reading so far in elementary.

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It took me about 10 seconds to find this:  https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/2019-summer-reading-adventure

It's called "parenting". Give it a try. [/quote]

Not required. Not the same thing as “read this book, write a report about it, and we’ll have a test on it the first week of school”.[/quote]

That's a good thing![/quote]

I disagree. Summer homework is an important data point. We just back tracked last year for a report to our program director. It turns out that, with one exception, the students who didn’t turn in the summer homework were the ones who had low hw completion all year impacting not only their grades, but their preparation for in class activities. Students who completed the summer homework poorly we’re also the ones we were already giving additional intervention in late September and setting up parent conferences about in mid-October. It was a canary in the coal mine.

The upper middle class student who is too busy with a $3k soccer camp to read one on-grade level book and write a paragraph over two months likely needs immediate support in balancing homework and ECs.

The working class immigrant student who had time but couldn’t get a book might need family support with getting a library card.

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