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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think my child is getting a 'crappy education' (while we're at it, I'm wondering if GDS, Sidwell, Holton, etc students are getting 42K a year worth of education. Do they, really?), my child at her ES is [b]getting an okay education[/b]. Our school is excellent, the principal is stellar and the PTA and parents are involved; the peer group is of a high caliber, also. Yes, [b]I'm not crazy about the curriculum,[/b] since my child is academically advanced, yes, I think she would benefit from more challenge. That's why we supplement. Do I wish MCPS cater more to its brightest? Yes, of course.

In MS and HS we would reevaluate, but, for now, MCPS it is. And yes, it is superior to Howard and PG (don't know much about Fairfax, but I believe it's comparable).[/quote]

So you agree with me then.  You say your kid is getting an "okay" education, which means mediocre vs. excellent.  You have to supplement.  Nice that you are surrounded by excellent administration and parents, but they can only do so much with a curriculum which is lacking.  AND it's not just the brightest that are suffering...it's all the kids who never really learn basic skills that young children are learning in some of the wonderful private schools in the area.  My 4th grade DC is not in a $40K school.  We are in a Catholic parochial and paying less than $10K.  And she is getting formal instruction in things like grammar, spelling, vocabulary, cursive, science, social studies, and Spanish in a class of 21 kids.  [b]Religion is an added bonus.[/b]  Her text books, work books, field trips, and all school supplies included with tuition.  Not bad for less than $10K a year.  How much do you spend on supplementing?[/quote]
Yeah, I wish my daughter would learn about talking snakes in her public elementary school! How about splitting the waters, so that the chosen people could cross it by walking at the bottom of the sea? That would be a nice science topic! How about the ark where animals were peacefully coexisting while the angry bearded old man flooded the earth? Forget evolution, there are more magical things to learn in life![/quote]

Original PP here. We are not Catholic, or religious, for that matter, so I would only consider secular schools. You can enjoy your 'added bonus' but I don't want my children taught religion at school.[/quote]

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