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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Certain schools in montgomery county are great, but not all.[/b]  So it depends where your kids would be going.  If you can afford private schooling, then you might want to do it.  [/quote]

Translation: Schools with lots of affluent, white, and Asian parents have a good reputation. Schools with lots of poor, African-American, and Hispanic parents have a bad reputation.[/quote]

But if you have a smart white or Asian kid with ADD or other mild disorder, such as GT/LD, 2e, best to move to the "lower SES" part of the county so they'll pay attention to you. Otherwise your kid will get lost if he or she needs IEP-type help but is not failing courses.  Privates are full of very b
right kids with ADD who are not well served by MCPS.  [/quote]

This is EXACTLY our situation. Our eldest, who reads almost 3 grade levels above her current grade (3) but totally fails at math and social maneuvering, is going to private next year along with sibs. MCPS wouldn't respond to our efforts to get her support (we had testing done and came in hopeful to the meetings, left totally disillusioned.) It's kind of a big heartless system for the kids who fall through the cracks. Fine for our super-achiever youngest but not for our eldest.[/quote]

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