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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two kids - zoned for Churchill.  Both in private for different reasons.  The smaller classes require them to be attentive and present, which makes such a difference in their ability to actually retain information.  MCPS high schools have gotten too big and way too easy to disappear into the noise.  I don't have a reference point to compare Churchill academics to my kids education, but their elementary & middle school learning has far exceeded MCPS.   [/quote]

No being sarcastic, I’m just wondering how that could be? I send my child to a top school in DC and it’s not much better academically and actually in some ways worse than what was being taught at mcps. I cannot understand what these schools are because as I already stated my child attends a top one but people on here say they are getting better education than mcps. I am so skeptical of that. [b]In reality, I’m paying for the smaller class size and nicer facility. Nothing more[/b]. [/quote]
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The way I view it is that each child is so different and understanding the environment that enables them to grow and learn is a personal decision.  My middle schooler switched during the pandemic and was placed in a level of classes with the resources that suited her, so yes, the investment into the smaller classes, resources and facility do equate to a better education for her.  She's also the type of student who struggled to advocate for herself and the larger class environment in MCPS was taxing on her.  Just because whatever your view of the private school curriculum doesn't adhere to whatever you define as 'better' academically doesn't mean it isn't providing a better education.  [/quote]

Point taken but don’t agree, you and all of us think that a private should be better academically. Not just better at providing smaller class size. [/quote]

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