Anonymous
06/05/2013 14:47
Subject: Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Ridiculous question, I think. There are a lot of parents (and teachers, I might add) who think 2.0 is a disaster. I'm a parent who thinks it is a disaster. That said, I don't have the $30k per year for my twins to pull them out and put them in private school.
What is your point? If you assume that, simply b/c parents haven't pulled their kids from MCPS and sent them to private school, they must be happy with 2.0. If you make that assumption, you will be missing the point entirely.
What is your point? If you assume that, simply b/c parents haven't pulled their kids from MCPS and sent them to private school, they must be happy with 2.0. If you make that assumption, you will be missing the point entirely.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 14:40
Subject: Re:Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Anonymous wrote:In response to the poster's question, I would switch to private school if we could afford it. But we cannot afford a downcounty mortgage where we were supposedly buying for the good schools. The curriculum is awful and I am baffled as the parent of a kindergartender to learn that we do not get final report cards if our kids are doing "okay." One 10-min conference in early Nov is the extent of teacher input. I am not sure what my property taxes are paying for exactly. If things do not improve, we weill downsize our home and go to private.
DCUM gets a bad rap for the cattiness between posters. The previous posts that pick on the OP for not posting on the private forum just confirm this. Curriculum 2.0 is a MCPS issue.
Really. That post is the one that sets the example?
Anonymous
06/05/2013 14:07
Subject: Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
The birth rate droped drastically in 2008 due to the economy. It is not at all surprising that the numbers of K-ers will go down across the board regardless of the curriculum.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 14:05
Subject: Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
What are you talking about, 13:57? K parents have never gotten more than one report card each semester, which they still get under 2.0.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 13:57
Subject: Re:Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
In response to the poster's question, I would switch to private school if we could afford it. But we cannot afford a downcounty mortgage where we were supposedly buying for the good schools. The curriculum is awful and I am baffled as the parent of a kindergartender to learn that we do not get final report cards if our kids are doing "okay." One 10-min conference in early Nov is the extent of teacher input. I am not sure what my property taxes are paying for exactly. If things do not improve, we weill downsize our home and go to private.
DCUM gets a bad rap for the cattiness between posters. The previous posts that pick on the OP for not posting on the private forum just confirm this. Curriculum 2.0 is a MCPS issue.
DCUM gets a bad rap for the cattiness between posters. The previous posts that pick on the OP for not posting on the private forum just confirm this. Curriculum 2.0 is a MCPS issue.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 13:56
Subject: Re:Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone who has made the decision to pull out to private or move be interested in reading the MD public education forums? You don't want to post in the private school forum because you want to manufacture your unicorn answer.
Our local school is aware of the impact. We are under enrolled in K for next year and will lose a class/teaching position because of it. Its not a weird population fluke. Between several parents, we know of at least 7 incoming Ks who are staying at private preschool-K schools for K who otherwise would have enrolled. This is more than enough to save the class/teacher being cut. Our school is wonderful in other ways but the academics under 2.0 really are bad.
Well, our school is overenrolled for K next year, and considering adding a class. Tow opposing data points, neither of which can be clearly shown to relate to 2.0 at all.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 13:06
Subject: Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
I just posted to the private forum. Let's see.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 12:58
Subject: Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Can it be posted in both forums or is that not allowed?
Anonymous
06/05/2013 12:33
Subject: Re:Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Anonymous wrote:
Why would anyone who has made the decision to pull out to private or move be interested in reading the MD public education forums?
I don't know! But apparently they do.
They know people who are leaving not people who are in private school and read the MD public schools forum for no reason. I agree that it makes no sense to post this question here. You could post it in the private schools forum which would be the audience that decided to go to private school.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 12:27
Subject: Re:Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone who has made the decision to pull out to private or move be interested in reading the MD public education forums? You don't want to post in the private school forum because you want to manufacture your unicorn answer.
Our local school is aware of the impact. We are under enrolled in K for next year and will lose a class/teaching position because of it. Its not a weird population fluke. Between several parents, we know of at least 7 incoming Ks who are staying at private preschool-K schools for K who otherwise would have enrolled. This is more than enough to save the class/teacher being cut. Our school is wonderful in other ways but the academics under 2.0 really are bad.
which school?
Anonymous
06/05/2013 12:20
Subject: Re:Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone who has made the decision to pull out to private or move be interested in reading the MD public education forums?
I don't know! But apparently they do.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 12:14
Subject: Re:Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Why would anyone who has made the decision to pull out to private or move be interested in reading the MD public education forums? You don't want to post in the private school forum because you want to manufacture your unicorn answer.
Our local school is aware of the impact. We are under enrolled in K for next year and will lose a class/teaching position because of it. Its not a weird population fluke. Between several parents, we know of at least 7 incoming Ks who are staying at private preschool-K schools for K who otherwise would have enrolled. This is more than enough to save the class/teacher being cut. Our school is wonderful in other ways but the academics under 2.0 really are bad.
Our local school is aware of the impact. We are under enrolled in K for next year and will lose a class/teaching position because of it. Its not a weird population fluke. Between several parents, we know of at least 7 incoming Ks who are staying at private preschool-K schools for K who otherwise would have enrolled. This is more than enough to save the class/teacher being cut. Our school is wonderful in other ways but the academics under 2.0 really are bad.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 11:57
Subject: Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Thank you for the suggestion, but actually this is where I think it should go.
The point of my point is to see how many posters on DCUM actually are doing what there are lots of posts here in this forum saying that lots of people are doing, namely pulling their children out of MCPS because of 2.0.
I'm guessing the answer is: a whole lot fewer than these posts would lead a person to believe. But who knows?
Also, "did you not enroll your child in K in MCPS because of what you heard about 2.0" is a separate question (though also interesting!) from "did you have your child in 2.0 in MCPS and then pull your child out to go to private school because of 2.0."
The point of my point is to see how many posters on DCUM actually are doing what there are lots of posts here in this forum saying that lots of people are doing, namely pulling their children out of MCPS because of 2.0.
I'm guessing the answer is: a whole lot fewer than these posts would lead a person to believe. But who knows?
Also, "did you not enroll your child in K in MCPS because of what you heard about 2.0" is a separate question (though also interesting!) from "did you have your child in 2.0 in MCPS and then pull your child out to go to private school because of 2.0."
Anonymous
06/05/2013 11:44
Subject: Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
Maybe put this in the private school forum. Also you may want to broaden your definition to include those who decided not to enroll in the public K to start with.
Anonymous
06/05/2013 10:14
Subject: Private school b/c of 2.0? Post here.
If you have a child who attends/attended an MCPS school, and your child was taught under Curriculum 2.0, and you pulled your child out of MCPS and enrolled your child in a private school, solely or primarily because of your dissatisfaction with Curriculum 2.0, please post here, with as much specific information as you'd like to provide.
My guess is that people like you are more common than unicorns. But not much more common.
(For some context: K-5 enrollment in MCPS is 68,332.)
My guess is that people like you are more common than unicorns. But not much more common.
(For some context: K-5 enrollment in MCPS is 68,332.)