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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]White family here who left after 2nd and wish we'd left sooner. I'd say we probably fall in the category of the families who were "less concerned" about the perceived academic issues. We did not think there were serious behavioral issues but it became clear at the beginning of 2nd grade (and if I'm honest with myself, towards the end of 1st) that our daughter was not learning what she needed to learn. We switched to DCPS for 3rd and are also much happier.[/quote]

Black parent here. Looking strictly through the narrow lens of MAP scores, my kids were doing great—fantastic, even—but I honestly attribute that almost entirely to what we were doing outside of school, especially with math enrichment, not to what was happening day-to-day in the classroom.

I also did experience some behavioral issues, particularly with my older child’s cohort. Some of it was just a lack of seriousness in the room and certain behaviors being tolerated—probably because some kids had documented issues, so teachers felt they had to be tolerated. But my son would complain about not being able to get the teacher’s attention because other kids were taking all of it. That’s not catastrophic, and I told him to roll with it, but over time I could see it making him more cynical about school.

And while I don’t think my kids suffered academically, I do think they were learning to coast—which can really come back to bite them later. When expectations are low and the work doesn’t push them, they start thinking “good enough” is fine, and that’s a hard mindset to break in the upper grades.

On top of that, we rarely got homework back with any meaningful feedback or red marks. Even if kids are testing well, they’re missing out on the kind of academic discipline they’ll need later. So between the classroom culture and the lack of rigor in day-to-day work, we decided to make a change.
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