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Thanks, PP. I was the one who asked about East Silver Spring. How often do kids get music and art from dedicated teachers who specifically teach those classes? PE? How much recess? Science and technology? And in technology, are the kids exposed to keyboarding and junior coding basics? Are there smartboards in the technology room or in the classrooms? Is the library well outfitted and do the kids get to choose books there weekly?

How responsive is administration to parent concerns? Have been trying for weeks to get a tour, to no avail. Might improve though when the principal returns from her externship from the middle school?

How's the socioeconomic diversity among the active PTA membership?

TIA [/quote]

We're not at East Silver Spring, but I can answer about our Focus School.  A lot of it is standard in MCPS.

PE/Music/Art are only once a week.  Recess every day, for 20 minutes, but we are in a HUGE school so there is a lot of time spend lining up.  Also our school is overcrowded so indoor recess means two classes get packed into one classroom.  And, lots of portables at our school so a good deal of the playground is being used for the portables.

Smartboards in every classroom, but they are more trouble than they are worth.  Often they don't work.  They can be tough to see.

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I'm this PP again.

I can also add that the library at our Focus School is very well stocked!  Good books for various ages, and the kids always seem to find something they want to read at their reading level.  They do have library weekly - again, I think that's MCPS standard?

Our Focus school has no keyboarding at all.  No coding either.  Friends in Potomac/Bethesda have told me that their wealthier schools DO have keyboarding, but also do not have coding/programming.

FWIW, I highly recommend volunteering a few times when your kid is in K if you are able to.  Lunch/recess/in the classroom/whatever.  You can see for yourself exactly what the classroom/school environment is like.  Someone recommended this to us before our kid started K and it was great advice.  [/quote]

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