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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved to a W cluster 20+ years ago, before we had any kids, for the schools.  Fast forward to now, our teens had classes with 30+ kids in MS, 35+ in HS, and daily fights that securrity tried to handle as best they could, and we had enough.  Both are in private[/quote]

Yup.  We left years ago mainly because we always knew we wanted Catholic HS education for our son.  Best decision ever...he had an amazing experience.  Just graduated from a top Catholic university (not Georgetown lol) and will be making north of $90K in his first job.  I don't think this would have been the case if we stayed at MCPS, but no way to know for sure.

However, I do know that the large class sizes might have been an issue for my kid, who has ADHD.  Funny story regarding class sizes. My son still has friends from his public middle school and once, when he had a day off, he attended an AP Lit class at Churchill with his friend.  The class had to have 40 students.  I was horrified to hear this, and knew we made the right decision moving to private.  The funny thing the teacher had no idea my son didn't belong in the class.  That is pretty scary if you ask me.   We got a good chuckle out of it, but it is sad to think these students have a teacher is so clueless.

If this is typical of one of the best high schools in the county, then I would say move your kids out as soon as possible.
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It’s sad that a teacher that probably has 100+ students doesn’t have a personal relationship with them all.  Yet kids then go off to colleges where some intro classes have have even more and are just a number to the professor(or TA) unless they make it a point to get to know their teachers or ask for help often.  How is this any different?[/quote]

Because in high school they are 14-18 and in college they are 18-22.[/quote]

Those numbers in college are not true for most colleges and definitely not for core classes.[/quote]

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