Anonymous wrote:ooh...

Compared to what the curriculum was just 10 yrs ago.

Compared to the dilution of the curriculum, selection process, and teacher/student/parent feedback in the magnet programs.

Compared to what the school curriculum is in 2 other countries - Singapore and UK. I have siblings in these countries and I have access to their curriculum, textbooks and assignments.

And what have you concluded based upon this comparison?

ooh...

Compared to what the curriculum was just 10 yrs ago.

Compared to the dilution of the curriculum, selection process, and teacher/student/parent feedback in the magnet programs.

Compared to what the school curriculum is in 2 other countries - Singapore and UK. I have siblings in these countries and I have access to their curriculum, textbooks and assignments.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not leaving MCPS for private. Mainly because I don't think private is good for education.

Private schools (the expensive ones) are really wonderful for other things - manners, networking, pathways to success, college application counseling, polish, discipline, grammer. Private schools also do not have other distractions namely trying to bridge the achievement gap, social engineering, restorative justice, diluting the curriculum and teaching.

I know that public education is in decline in the US. Frankly, I am surprised that free quality public education is something that people expect here. All societies are unequal with haves and have-nots. One way to create the working class is to make sure that they do not have access to education that can give them an avenue to do well. Other countries make education a privilege that is only for some people. US is also now going that way. It is to be expected in such a deeply stratified society.

You know that, based on what? Compared to what?

Widening achievement gap.

But, I will go with the JHU audit of how MCPS failed its kids.

Anonymous wrote:I am not leaving MCPS for private. Mainly because I don't think private is good for education.

Private schools (the expensive ones) are really wonderful for other things - manners, networking, pathways to success, college application counseling, polish, discipline, grammer. Private schools also do not have other distractions namely trying to bridge the achievement gap, social engineering, restorative justice, diluting the curriculum and teaching.

I know that public education is in decline in the US. Frankly, I am surprised that free quality public education is something that people expect here. All societies are unequal with haves and have-nots. One way to create the working class is to make sure that they do not have access to education that can give them an avenue to do well. Other countries make education a privilege that is only for some people. US is also now going that way. It is to be expected in such a deeply stratified society.

You know that, based on what? Compared to what?

I am not leaving MCPS for private. Mainly because I don't think private is good for education.

Private schools (the expensive ones) are really wonderful for other things - manners, networking, pathways to success, college application counseling, polish, discipline, grammer. Private schools also do not have other distractions namely trying to bridge the achievement gap, social engineering, restorative justice, diluting the curriculum and teaching.

I know that public education is in decline in the US. Frankly, I am surprised that free quality public education is something that people expect here. All societies are unequal with haves and have-nots. One way to create the working class is to make sure that they do not have access to education that can give them an avenue to do well. Other countries make education a privilege that is only for some people. US is also now going that way. It is to be expected in such a deeply stratified society.

Anonymous wrote:^^^ Exactly. We did same and went from a ratio of 27 to 1 teacher to 12 to 14 kids to one teacher and an assistant teacher. After the first week, my fourth grader exclaimed, "I finally get to say stuff in class and can even get more than one turn."

I was happy my kids went to a focus school for that reason. It was great when they had 14-16 kids in the K and 1st-grade classes. The extra 1:1 attention really helps at that stage.

^^^ Exactly. We did same and went from a ratio of 27 to 1 teacher to 12 to 14 kids to one teacher and an assistant teacher. After the first week, my fourth grader exclaimed, "I finally get to say stuff in class and can even get more than one turn."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're leaving for private! Honestly, we were on the fence before - zoned for a good school but classes too large. As we approached middle school for our oldest and Kindergarten for our littlest, we thought it was a good time to move to a school with better student/teacher ratios. My son's doing some summer classes in person at the school over the summer and loves the way they teach and the individual attention. So hopefully, his tenure there will be the same!

Bully for you!

Geez can’t you be happy for another person.

I thought they were expressing their approval and congratulations! Sure, MCPS has options for kids who can handle it that outperform any private but most kids aren't strong enough academically to make it into those programs so privates are a good option for them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just paid $65K in college tuition for 2 kids 10 minutes ago. I am grateful MCPS worked out for us. I know many people on here could pay that without any pause but it is huge for us.

Well, it did not work out that well or they would have received scholarships instead of you having to pay $65k.

Both at Ivies which offer not offer merit. Yes there were cheaper options but we were able to save while they grew up because they were in public.

This whole conversation is peak DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just paid $65K in college tuition for 2 kids 10 minutes ago. I am grateful MCPS worked out for us. I know many people on here could pay that without any pause but it is huge for us.

Well, it did not work out that well or they would have received scholarships instead of you having to pay $65k.

Both at Ivies which offer not offer merit. Yes there were cheaper options but we were able to save while they grew up because they were in public.

Anonymous wrote:I just paid $65K in college tuition for 2 kids 10 minutes ago. I am grateful MCPS worked out for us. I know many people on here could pay that without any pause but it is huge for us.

Well, it did not work out that well or they would have received scholarships instead of you having to pay $65k.

Anonymous wrote:I just paid $65K in college tuition for 2 kids 10 minutes ago. I am grateful MCPS worked out for us. I know many people on here could pay that without any pause but it is huge for us.

Majority of parents are with you.

-Mcps parent.

My kids are staying put, though we did toy with the idea for DC#2 to go private for the smaller class size. I'm just having DC#2 do some workbooks at home to keep up the skills. IMO, they don't do enough HW to practice what they learn in school, especially math, but this was the same pre-pandemic.

DC#1 is in magnet, and doing really well.

I just paid $65K in college tuition for 2 kids 10 minutes ago. I am grateful MCPS worked out for us. I know many people on here could pay that without any pause but it is huge for us.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're leaving for private! Honestly, we were on the fence before - zoned for a good school but classes too large. As we approached middle school for our oldest and Kindergarten for our littlest, we thought it was a good time to move to a school with better student/teacher ratios. My son's doing some summer classes in person at the school over the summer and loves the way they teach and the individual attention. So hopefully, his tenure there will be the same!

Bully for you!

Geez can’t you be happy for another person.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spoke to my friend who's on our PTA, and she said our ES is down to 2 classes per grade due to lack of enrollment -- kids moving to private. We used to have 3 per grade.

Our school is the exact opposite. We're about 20% over capacity to begin with but right now and people are coming back by the droves. Not sure we have room for all the new students. I'm hopping more of the people who are unhappy no matter what MCPS does stay private. They're a drain on the system anyway.

That doesn’t even make any sense. Did you get your critical thinking skills from MCPS?

Families that live in MoCo pay taxes that support public schools, whether they use them or not.

So, families that pay for private are actually paying to support a service that they are not even using. I would not call that a ‘drain’.

They clearly meant the drain is those parents are the ones that complain about everything incessantly and are always demanding special treatment. This causes a massive drain on the system and also burns out teachers. You know the types that complain about everything the county does on DCUM. One week it's grades are too hard. The next it's grades are too easy...