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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do the half of the neighborhood that send their kids to private school do so because it's just part of the lifestyle (ie it's a richer area and a normal thing for them) or do they do so because they don't like the local schools?

At one point to a certain degree, I think everyone is happy at their local schools and appreciate the teacher and staff at their schools.  I do think a lot of it is that they don't know what they don't know.  ie some differences in how schools do things and offer.

Although more recently I do hear some people point out (when we talk to each other in person) issues with their school.

I think one of the key things is that with the MCPS schools that our kids go/went to you really have to stay on top of things and make sure to advocate for your kids.  Otherwise MCPS will automatically try to default things by denying additional services or other paths for your kids.  In some ways looking back, this has always been the case even when we were in school.  In our point of view, if you just leave things in MCPS's hands, your kid might move through the grades and graduate but I'm not sure if your child would be at a level that you're okay with.  We do know some families where they have no issues with it.

If our family was just starting out school now, I would most likely look elsewhere outside of Montgomery County.  But a lot of it is due to Montgomery County in general and what you're getting for for the money.  If we were staying in the same home/place and contemplating between our local MCPS school and private school, we'd probably be inclined to stick with the local public school.  Although being in one of the areas potentially affected by the proposed boundary changes, private school has crossed my mind recently.  For public vs private, a lot of it would depend on what are your local schools.[/quote]

My neighborhood is maybe 75% MCPS. Of the private school parents I speak to, none of them are doing it for lifestyle. It’s all because MCPS is subpar.

For us, we have a high IQ kid with dyslexia and ADHD. We spoke with her neuropsychologist and an MCPS special Ed professional. Both urged private school. We’ve been very happy but wish we could’ve made public school work.[/quote]

Wow, it surprised me that MCPS SPED staffer would urge private. That sounds disturbing and possibly illegal … they aren’t allowed to sough off their responsibility to provide services. [/quote]
It's because it's a troll. [/quote]

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