Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 20:07     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
The stock market has been turbo charged. Lots more people perceive private to be affordable now.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 20:05     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
People are bailing on MCPS. Not just white people…all people.

GC and SJC open houses and other events were packed with tons of families from my area mcps middle school. This wasn’t the case 8 years ago when just a few kids from the same middle school applied to catholic high schools.

I’m very worried that my kid won’t get in. My Plan B is to invest in tutors focused on challenging my kid if we are forced to stick with mcps.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 19:06     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Could just be that families are applying to many more schools per student than before…
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 19:05     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The rich are getting richer. There is a lot of money in the DMV.


Translation: People with means to escape from the woke failing public schools in the DMV are doing so.


I'm confused. There are so many threads on here complaining about the woke private schools. Are you saying people are apply to woke private schools because public schools are woke?


Catholic schools are not woke.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 18:18     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Between the GDS letter sent to families that siblings are at risk and the statistic that Holton applications (for lower school at least) are up 60% this year, it seems like it's going to be a super competitive year across schools.

Anyone else hear anything from their school/other schools about whether application numbers are up? Would have thought now that publics are mostly recovered from COVID messes that numbers would be down but guess not...


Did Holton share that their admissions are up 60%? That's a big number!


Yeah, where did you see this?
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 17:13     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:Our school, which is not considered highly desirable on this board and is really geared towards a very specific type of student/family, said kindergarten applications were their highest ever this year.

I don't think FCPS redistricting has much to do with it, though anecdotally I see a few "don't redistrict our school" signs while driving around somewhat in our area of Fairfax County. I think it's perceived education quality. Or at least that's what I'm hearing from friends.


Our school sounds similar but we are not in Fairfax County. We are traditionally a backup/safety school so high applicant volume doesn’t necessarily translate to higher yield, but definitely indicates that families are casting a wider net than usual. I’ve volunteered for admissions events for 9 years and these are the highest numbers we’ve seen since 2017.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 17:06     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The rich are getting richer. There is a lot of money in the DMV.


Translation: People with means to escape from the woke failing public schools in the DMV are doing so.


I'm confused. There are so many threads on here complaining about the woke private schools. Are you saying people are apply to woke private schools because public schools are woke?
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 16:43     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of folks who bailed out of publics because of Covid didn’t go back. Some did, of course, but many folks just stayed in private once they were there, I suspect.


Sure but not sure how that explains increase in applications now...


Younger siblings
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 15:32     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:Between the GDS letter sent to families that siblings are at risk and the statistic that Holton applications (for lower school at least) are up 60% this year, it seems like it's going to be a super competitive year across schools.

Anyone else hear anything from their school/other schools about whether application numbers are up? Would have thought now that publics are mostly recovered from COVID messes that numbers would be down but guess not...


Did Holton share that their admissions are up 60%? That's a big number!
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 15:20     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:Covid forced families from public to private and these families aren’t really going back to public. I agree with PP that K-8 families are staying in private. But this is purely anecdotal.


Yes, I think this true based on several families I know. I think some intended to go back to public but after a positive experience with private and alot of chaos/uncertainty in the publics, they are continuing on to other privates.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 15:11     Subject: Re:Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know a lot of people are bailing in FFX county for high school. Local schools just keep going downhill. Combine that with uncertainty regarding redistricting and people are being safe. Going to be an interesting cycle for sure.


So many people are bailing that total enrollment is the highest it’s been since pre-COVID.


Populations fluctuate. More friends/family/classmates are moving to private than I have ever seen before in the last 15 years. Is it anecdotal, sure. But it's noticeable, at least to me.


Perhaps your bubble is not reality?


lol. I mean, it's my reality. Just because you don't seem to want to even consider the fact that it might be true that people are trending toward private doesn't make it less likely. I know people applying to private who swore for the last 5 plus years they would stay public.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 15:11     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Covid forced families from public to private and these families aren’t really going back to public. I agree with PP that K-8 families are staying in private. But this is purely anecdotal.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 15:10     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:The rich are getting richer. There is a lot of money in the DMV.


Translation: People with means to escape from the woke failing public schools in the DMV are doing so.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 15:05     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
Anonymous wrote:Bullis has said applications are up this year. Nothing more specific. But just around my orbit, people are looking to leave MCPS.


I also think there are more kids that left public at younger ages that are now graduating out of K-8 schools. Even though they left public years ago - they are still an application. Numbers are also affected if fewer kids graduating from k-8 return to public.

Plus - with highly competitive schools getting more competitive, families need to apply to places like Bullis as a solid option if they don't want to use public as their fallback.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2025 15:02     Subject: Anecdotally seems like applications are up this year across schools
The rich are getting richer. There is a lot of money in the DMV.