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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it's not head and shoulders above the midwest public school I attended. [/quote]

MCPS has some fabulous opportunities (magnets, immersion, etc.), but the basic level of education (especially in elementary) is severely lacking.  I'm hopeful that the new curriculums will be better.  When my kids were in elementary, I would have loved a charter that offered solid instruction on the fundamentals.[/quote]

We pulled our older into PK-2 Primary Day School for 1st grade. Best thing ever - actual feedback, learning the basics very well/engaging, class presentations, foreign language, PE more than 30 minutes a week, fantastic math, phono-visual and science classes and teachers. 
Our younger child started right there for PK. They later went to their neighborhood MCPS school 3rd grade on, but I never had to worry about their foundation. Good thing, since my spouse and I both work, unlike most of our neighborhood which seems to be running a homeschool on the side. It is still A LOT to navigate but at least my kids are older, listen, and know how to read, write, and do math.

MCPS K-8 is unacceptable IMO.  Maybe it's the best thing since sliced bread when you don't know English or any other language, but for an average or bright kid fluent in English, no way. [/quote]

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