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Anonymous wrote:DC is in 4th grade at a well regarded "W" cluster school. We are very concerned about the lack of instruction in many subjects but reading, writing and spelling in particular. I recall learning more (and more being demanded of me) back in the 70's in a school that many on here would consider quite undesireable (not a MoCo school). We cannot really afford private, we do whatever we can to supplement, but are very concerned about the education our DC is/is not receiving. I guess MCPS is not all it is cracked up to be-very dissapointed. Also wondering what others are thinking/doing to remedy this issue?

Maybe you should learn how to spell. Apparently your education wasn't as rigorous as you thought. It's "disappointed".

I'd also love to find a cluster without asshole parents.

I tried but there isn't any.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is in 4th grade at a well regarded "W" cluster school. We are very concerned about the lack of instruction in many subjects but reading, writing and spelling in particular. I recall learning more (and more being demanded of me) back in the 70's in a school that many on here would consider quite undesireable (not a MoCo school). We cannot really afford private, we do whatever we can to supplement, but are very concerned about the education our DC is/is not receiving. I guess MCPS is not all it is cracked up to be-very dissapointed. Also wondering what others are thinking/doing to remedy this issue?

Maybe you should learn how to spell. Apparently your education wasn't as rigorous as you thought. It's "disappointed".

I'd also love to find a cluster without asshole parents.

With the exception of Poolesville and Sherwood.

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you should move away from Bethesda/Potomac? I read more complaints about Bethesda/Potomac schools on DCUM than about schools anywhere else in MCPS. My children go to unregarded MCPS elementary and middle schools, and I am very happy with the education they've received so far.

Are you highly educated? Bethesda is home to the most highly educated population in the nation; we're very picky about the schools. I'm sure if Bethesdans lived in your cluster, they'd complain too. The curriculum is the same throughout MCPS - we are just more aware of its shortcomings.

LOL. You're an ass. Or a troll. Probably both. I'll post my mensa score if you will.

Anonymous wrote:DC is in 4th grade at a well regarded "W" cluster school. We are very concerned about the lack of instruction in many subjects but reading, writing and spelling in particular. I recall learning more (and more being demanded of me) back in the 70's in a school that many on here would consider quite undesireable (not a MoCo school). We cannot really afford private, we do whatever we can to supplement, but are very concerned about the education our DC is/is not receiving. I guess MCPS is not all it is cracked up to be-very dissapointed. Also wondering what others are thinking/doing to remedy this issue?

Maybe you should learn how to spell. Apparently your education wasn't as rigorous as you thought. It's "disappointed".

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When half the kids in 4th grade can't spell properly, have terrible spelling and awful handwriting in a "W" school-then it is time to complain. We chose not to live in Alabama and Mississippi for a reason-and expect better!

There is a common assumption among some posters on DCUM that if something is bad in a school in the Whitman/Churchill/Wootton/Walter Johnson cluster, then it must be just as bad, or more likely worse, in all of the MCPS schools that are not in the Whitman/ChurchillWootton/Walter Johnson cluster.

I think that this assumption is mistaken.

Well if you are looking at test scores than there is no mistake-it is worse!

OP here-I expect the school to teach my kid how to spell and use proper grammar. I expect them to teach my kid how to write legibly. I was taught all those things in an inner city NY school comprable to Wheaton. I expect the highly rated "W" school my kid attends to do the same-or perhaps we all should move to Alabama....

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Lots of different opinions here. What is considered to be good instruction is subjective. A parent with Ivy League goals and comfort around making kids miserable and stressed will always say instruction is not on par. When you have a moment, compare MoCo's test scores with a few counties in Mississippi or Alabama. Boy, do we forget how good we have it here.

Better yet compare MoCo's test scores to Papua, New Guinea. Wait, I neither live in Mississippi nor New Guinea. These are not comparable groups to Montgomery County.

Papua, New Guinea, is not in the US. Mississippi is in the US. Compared to many other school systems in the US, we have it awfully good in MCPS.

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When half the kids in 4th grade can't spell properly, have terrible spelling and awful handwriting in a "W" school-then it is time to complain. We chose not to live in Alabama and Mississippi for a reason-and expect better!

There is a common assumption among some posters on DCUM that if something is bad in a school in the Whitman/Churchill/Wootton/Walter Johnson cluster, then it must be just as bad, or more likely worse, in all of the MCPS schools that are not in the Whitman/ChurchillWootton/Walter Johnson cluster.

I think that this assumption is mistaken.

Opps! meant terrible grammar-flame away!

Anonymous wrote:Lots of different opinions here. What is considered to be good instruction is subjective. A parent with Ivy League goals and comfort around making kids miserable and stressed will always say instruction is not on par. When you have a moment, compare MoCo's test scores with a few counties in Mississippi or Alabama. Boy, do we forget how good we have it here.

When half the kids in 4th grade can't spell properly, have terrible spelling and awful handwriting in a "W" school-then it is time to complain. We chose not to live in Alabama and Mississippi for a reason-and expect better!

Anonymous wrote:Lots of different opinions here. What is considered to be good instruction is subjective. A parent with Ivy League goals and comfort around making kids miserable and stressed will always say instruction is not on par. When you have a moment, compare MoCo's test scores with a few counties in Mississippi or Alabama. Boy, do we forget how good we have it here.

What a red herring. People on here always say "oh, we have it better than Mississippi or Alabama." Okay, great. There are many many many excellent public school systems throughout this nation with highly educated parents and responsive administrators. I've seen public elementaties in the Chicago suburbs and the Boston suburbs which rival the top privates around here in facilities, student-teacher ratios, academic and enrichment opportunities, and making sure individual children's needs are met. And their academics are top notch. I'm not so sure the same is not true in the better districts in areas outside of New York, Dallas, Seattle, Cleveland, you name it. I know of a fabulous school district outside of Indianapolis, IN, for the love of all that's holy. And I bet you could find some excellent districts in the Deep South, too! I know there are a few in LOuisiana. And some of these places do extremely well with kids who are bright and affluent maybe, but not kids of The Most Educated Parents Anywhere On The Planet! Some of the posters on here are so pretentious, and have no idea what they are talking about. MOCO publics are overrated.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of different opinions here. What is considered to be good instruction is subjective. A parent with Ivy League goals and comfort around making kids miserable and stressed will always say instruction is not on par. When you have a moment, compare MoCo's test scores with a few counties in Mississippi or Alabama. Boy, do we forget how good we have it here.

THAT.IS.JUST.SILLY.

Lots of different opinions here. What is considered to be good instruction is subjective. A parent with Ivy League goals and comfort around making kids miserable and stressed will always say instruction is not on par. When you have a moment, compare MoCo's test scores with a few counties in Mississippi or Alabama. Boy, do we forget how good we have it here.

Better yet compare MoCo's test scores to Papua, New Guinea. Wait, I neither live in Mississippi nor New Guinea. These are not comparable groups to Montgomery County.

Lots of different opinions here. What is considered to be good instruction is subjective. A parent with Ivy League goals and comfort around making kids miserable and stressed will always say instruction is not on par. When you have a moment, compare MoCo's test scores with a few counties in Mississippi or Alabama. Boy, do we forget how good we have it here.