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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone tell me why MoCo has split articulation?  I can see a definition on MCPS but it seems like a practice that leads to a pretty awkward middle school experience.  Kids do not bother making friends with other kids who they know are going off to a different high school. It was difficult recruiting parents to invest their time in PTA and volunteer efforts because no one was invested in the school. It cast a shadow over the whole experience for us.
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This is not true. I worked at an MCPS MS with a split articulation and the kids are close during and after MS if they have the same interests. Many kids are involved in activities outside of school such as club sports and still stay connected. They bring each other as dates to prom, etc. plus, so many kids leave for a different school anyway for IB or magnets.[/quote]

I found both of your comments on the split articulation to be spot on. I knew kids (and parents) who didn’t even bother making friends with kids they wouldn’t move on to HS with and parents who wouldn’t volunteer because they weren’t invested in such a messy non neighborhood school so the PTA struggled. But also many kids do stay connected.  My kid is in private and gone to two Proms with two MCPS kids and a huge chunk of the best friends are MCPS kids. Same for my other kid. That’s why it’s important to keep split articulation kids together as long as possible and not split them over and over again. Communities matter. [/quote]

With the dcc, kids in some middle schools and high schools get split.  It’s no big deal and can be good for some kids.  [/quote]

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