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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having had kids at various schools over the years including expensive privates I have to say, and my kids would agree, that Lyles Crouch was our absolutely favorite school of them all.  Great teachers, amazing community, and so many go on to attend top college or vocational programs.     The place was so well run - such a focus on kindness and character.   An amazing foundation.  Wish all of the ACPS schools could follow their model.[/quote]

I’m the MCPS ‘culture’ poster.  Without going into too much detail about where we landed (and it wouldn’t help you anyways since we are in Maryland) we really drilled down and studied curriculum choices.  That’s the ‘blocking and tackling’ of schools.  If your public school picks a Tier 1 curriculum then you 1) Believe in your teachers 2) Believe in your students (ie not a fixed mindset).  If you care about the least - we found you care about the advanced as well.  The one thing I will say is it is considered two tiers BELOW MCPS’ reputation (which if you are in VA you are not seeing the decline).

The warning to look for: when you see poor curriculum choices - Lucy Caulkins- that’s your message right there: time to go.  We stayed for the MCPS version of that (Curriculum 2.0), got the T-shirt, homeschooled to advance and then moved.  Good luck![/quote]

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