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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM is split on Feynman. Half the parents (mostly moms!) here are prestige conscious- so big 3 or bust. They hate upstarts like Feynman, so big "naysayers". The owners dont do any favor to this opinion by moving every other year and giving interviews that reinroces the school is new or that they hired consultants to burnish image or that they are trying to building up the school's higher grades (as a non-profit) without a clear line of sight into how that might look. The other half of the "yays" who are either enamored by the slick marketing campaign or a small fraction who really believe in gifted/talented kids can be "built" with right exposure to STEM from an early age.

The ideal person you should be asking is someone who has 2 kids- one who goes/went to Feynman and the other who goes/went to MoCo HGC or FCPS system. Good luck finding that ideal person to interview :)[/quote]

I don't think that  many of us parents chose Feynman because we were enamored by a marketing campaign.  We are educated people with the ability to utilize critical thinking for the pros and cons of the schools we evaluate and choose to educate our children.

AAP and HGC logical comparisons, but not the only comparisons for many of us parents. We like smaller class sizes, you don't get those at any AAP center. We like the well rounded educational experience our children crave, from an early age. One that nurtures and challenges our kids at the level and pace that works for them. We like that our children are encouraged to fail and see the value in doing so. This is one thing that many children rarely, if ever experience in other schools, including HGC's. Our children are happy and thriving.

Feynman may not be perfect, but no school is.  Yet it has done a pretty good job in our eyes, over the past couple years we've been part of the community. [/quote]

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