Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:The forum is not very active. So, I would be happy to discontinue it. It was originally requested by PG residents. Just let me know what you prefer.

Please keep it, Jeff! It has been so nice to be able to get answers from people in this county without the sniping "that's what you get for living in PG" kinds of responses that were more common when we didn't have a separate forum. The PG questions always got buried so quickly in the other forums and while it isn't super active here, questions do get answered and they don't get lost in the flurry threads like they used to.

I totally agree. Having it just slightly removed keeps most of the obnoxious people out. I may need to wait a day or two for an answer, but the response is actually helpful.

Another vote to keep it. Helped me find a resource. That added value to me.

I love PGC and the forum. I'll try to be more responsive to threads. My kids all went to PGC schools and had excellent experiences.

Thanks Jeff!

I'm a long-time PG county resident (well over 20 years) and even though my kids are only pre-schoolers, I can say that my friends, neighbors and co-workers who have school-age children do not send their children to DC public schools. In fact, I don't know any PG county residents who sends their kids to DC schools. I'm sure that there are many, but not in my neck of the woods (northern PG county). The only friends that I know that send their kids to DC schools actually live in the district.

I live in PG and have been using the info on this forum to assist with researching some of the good school options here. Good options do exist even if the entire system is labelled awful. This forum helps us wade through the high performing neighborhood schools, the magnet/charter/immersion options and the lottery process. There is also some discussion about the private schools in the county which also get lost in the larger discussion about private schools which is primarily focused on DC private schools. This forum is how I learned about the new immersion programs that started this year.

I also live in PG county and find this forum very useful. Thanks!

Anonymous wrote:But there really isn't a need when most of you send your kids to DC public schools.

Seeing as there are over 125000 kids enrolled in PGCPS and only 83000 or so enrolled in DC publics and charters, it seems like "most" of us are not actually sending our kids to DC public schools and might in fact "need" a forum even more that DC public schools need their own forum. And thanks for illustrating exactly why people asked for a PG forum, Snarky McJudgypants.

But there really isn't a need when most of you send your kids to DC public schools.

+2 Thank you!