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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And if your source is from 2019, it’s irrelevant. COVID revealed to a ton of parents how awful MCPS really is.

Moreover, only 17% of the people contacted for the 2019 survey responded.

https://moco360.media/2019/10/03/parents-pleased-with-mcps-survey-shows/[/quote]

And yet they keep sending their kids to MCPS schools, while they themselves do little to affect any change or want to increase taxes to pay for their champagne wishes.[/quote]

What choice do most of us have?  Not everyone is wealthy or living in a "good" school district.  The only "affordable" privates are Catholic schools and that's only for elementary.  Only a few Catholic schools are remotely welcoming to non-Catholic/non-Christian families.  The rest of us cannot afford $50-60K privates, and there are very few privates let alone non-religious ones.

And, the privates don't have the same math track come MS/HS.[/quote]

I used to think this. Then I took my child out of MCPS and put him in a Catholic k-8. (We aren’t Catholic.) He is now excelling at a Catholic high school. We have never experienced anything other than acceptance as non-Catholics. It has been a great experience and I am thrilled by the effectiveness of the teachers. He’s really learning how to write! As for Math, it’s true that the K-8 didn’t offer Algebra until 8th. Why exactly is that a problem? Students can still take Calculus in high school and kids from Catholic high schools aren’t having problems getting into colleges.

I’d give the Catholic schools another look.[/quote]

I looked at about 6 Catholics and only one was welcoming.  There is a difference between being Christian and another religion or atheist.  They had a more structured curriculum but the religion was a huge issue, several were pretty clear they didn't want non-Christians and when I asked how many non-Christians there were, none would tell me except the one.

The problem with starting later is it impacts other classes you take.  You are looking for reasons to justify your choices and if you have a kid who should be on a regular or slower path, that makes sense but it comes an issue with higher level science and other STEM related things.  Often the private school kids have to take geometry in summer school to make up for the slower pace.  Most smarter kids take it in 7th.[/quote]

At Norwood, kids in accelerated math end 8th grade with geometry.

If a kid doesn’t accelerate and ends 8th grade with algebra, they can still end high school with BC calc, especially if they are able to switch to an honors track in HS.

The point is there are options and you act as though private school don’t offer those.[/quote]

Norwood is a meh school and $40k.  [/quote]

Care to share why you think it’s a meh school? Would love to hear it.[/quote]

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