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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another private lifer here (well-regarded DMV privates). I always assumed I'd send my kids to private too, as I had good experiences and they prepared me well for college, etc.

When our oldest was headed to K, DH (an MCPS grad, and also well prepared and successful) really wanted to at least give our local ES a shot. I knew our ES had a good reputation and so I figured one year of K in public wouldn't hurt, but I still expected to move to private for first grade.

That kid is now in 5th grade and still in public. Because our MCPS elementary is AMAZING. Small class sizes (18-24), wonderful teachers and admin, and fantastic community. My kids are thriving and, academically, are way ahead of where I was at their age in private and where my sister's kids (in a MoCo private) are now. Especially with respect to math and science, which, I see now, were always weaknesses at my private schools. I mean, if I was building my ideal private school, it would be our ES, but with a newer building. We have not had a single bad teacher and we've had several who have blown me away. Principal is excellent. They're SO helpful with one of my kids who has some mild, non-academic special needs. Their classmates are smart and largely well-behaved. Parents are involved. There are lots of extracurricular options.

Also, I'm loving that all their friends live in the same neighborhood. Growing up in privates, my classmates were from all over, and we had to drive to see anyone. My kids can hop on a bike, run across the street, etc., and see friends. It makes for easy, spontaneous get-togethers and really builds a sense of neighborhood community that I never had growing up.

Obviously, we're still at ES. Always possible we'll reassess for MS or HS dependent on each kid. I think one of my kids may have the potential to be overwhelmed by the size of MS/HS. If that turns out to be the case, we'll switch that one to private.

But in the meantime, we haven't switched, because we simply have no need to. I'm delighted with our ES and while I'm sure private would be good too, there's absolutely no reason for us to spend money on something we are currently getting for free.    [/quote]

In general a low poverty, low ESL MCPS elementary will be pretty similar to the nurturing private school experience with only slightly larger classes and no handwriting/cursive instruction but more tech.

[b]Middle school will bring together larger populations of kids, and our kid was bored out of their mind as teachers spent all their time with struggling kids and disobedience & disruptions.  [/quote][/b]

Yes. But if your kid is in all GT classes they won’t deal with those disruptive kids.[/quote]

Most schools are eliminating pull out GT courses, to a push in model to promote equity.

Also, GT kind of stops in high school[/quote]

Oh wow. We’re in a Howard County middle school and they have pull out GT classes. I can’t imagine anything else for my kid or we would be going private![/quote]

You should be mindful if they change. [/quote]

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