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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://patch.com/virginia/across-va/public-school-enrollment-continues-fall-including-virginia

Pretty soon, FCPS is going to have to decide whether it wants UMC families in the school system.

The school board can have its every five-year boundary change instability or they can retain these families. The trade-off is clear.[/quote]

You keep saying this, I know you've said it multiple times but the vast majority of what you call UMC families still can't afford the local private schools. I sure as heck can't afford $40K/year for two childrennad we make $300K/year.[/quote]

You could afford it if you spent wisely. Most in your demographic care about their kids’ education.[/quote]

Believe it or not, kids can get an excellent education in FCPS schools. There is no need, in my opinion, to pay $50,000 or more a year for an excellent education when my child can get one for free. We do supplement in areas of interest, for my kid that is math. He loves math competitions and does well in them. We pay for him to take a math competition class because he loves it. We pay attention to what he is learning in school and have been impressed with what is taught in History. His 7th grade class read Taming of the Shrew, so English is presenting challenging material. The less expensive privates are no better than FCPS, most are actually not as strong in math or science, so why pay for them?

We could make a more expensive school work, but there is no point because he is getting a strong education in public school. The myth that FCPS provides a sub-par education is just that, a myth. Public education, like private education, comes down to involved parents working with their kids and schools. The Parents who are involved tend to have kids that do well. They have higher test scores, take more advanced classes, and go on to better ranked colleges.

Kids whose parents are not involved tend to have mixed results in public education and don't make it into private schools. Some kids with uninvolved parents do well in school because they are smart and individually motivated. Some kids with uninvolved parents do fine because they are able to do the work but maybe they don't push themselves or get some of the help they need to do well. Some kids with uninvolved parents do poorly because they take the lead from their parents and they just don't care. But those kids with uninvolved parents are highly unlikely to ever make it into a private school because their parents are, well, not involved and are not likely to pay for private school or provide transportation or the uniforms or everything else that comes with private school/

There is not that much of a difference if you compare the AP/IB kids in Public school to the kids at Sidwell and NCS and the other top privates.
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I’m an engaged parent enraged at the school system imposing unnecessary boundary changes.

You talk about parent involvement, and many of the higher performing schools have more involved parents. Boundary changes deprive moved families of the pyramid choice that they made.

Now, the school board shill will clamor that we all signed up for a county system and that no pyramid is ever guaranteed. To which I respond, fine, but don’t expect those with means to stick around a school system that doesn’t value them and looks at their kids as pawns on a chessboard. This isn’t just theoretical - it is happening at the mere threat of boundary changes. [/quote]

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