Anonymous
06/18/2026 17:00
Subject: Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
Literally cried tears of joy when kid was done with middle school. Someone on this thread or another one said PTSD, yep so relieved to be almost done.
Anonymous
06/14/2026 11:13
Subject: Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
They have got to spend $ on updating infrastructure. At ALL the schools. This is a school district bordering the CAPITAL of the US of A! Come on, now!!!
Anonymous
06/07/2026 16:28
Subject: Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
We’ve had a fantastic experience in MCPS so no not relieved. Just shocked my kid is done.
Anonymous
06/07/2026 16:14
Subject: Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
Anonymous wrote:We left long ago. I just paid my last private school tuition bill a couple of months ago. Now on to college tuition. It has been worth every cent.
+1
Anonymous
06/07/2026 13:44
Subject: Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
Anonymous wrote:How did those of you who had one or two of your kids go through the system and stuck it out for your younger children get through it the second time or subsequent times?
Take time off to process the PTSD from round 1 or round 2+ to get ready for round 2 or round 3+
Anonymous
06/06/2026 20:12
Subject: Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How did those of you who had one or two of your kids go through the system and stuck it out for your younger children get through it the second time or subsequent times?
Huh? The same way we got through it the first time. With love and patience and adapting. The sky is not falling.
Good for you
Anonymous
06/06/2026 09:37
Subject: Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
Anonymous wrote:How did those of you who had one or two of your kids go through the system and stuck it out for your younger children get through it the second time or subsequent times?
Huh? The same way we got through it the first time. With love and patience and adapting. The sky is not falling.
Anonymous
06/05/2026 18:34
Subject: Re:Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine there is a perfect school out there. We went to FCPS for elementary school. Many of the teachers were so-so, they put all of the IEP/504 kids in one or two classrooms each year turning those classrooms into challenging learning environments, and did a crappy job during COVID. I've had more issues with the way the principals run the schools in MCPS. Not addressing behavioral issues, not being aggressive dealing with bullies, catering to parents that barely parent, and not being strict enough on kids and teachers.
In our Mcps es, they put all the 504 and iep kids in one room. The only way out was to drop the iep, which we did as it was so bad and my child was getting physically attacked daily and teachers said the one child was hugging, which was unwanted by mine and couldn’t explain the bruises.
Anonymous
06/05/2026 18:26
Subject: Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
How did those of you who had one or two of your kids go through the system and stuck it out for your younger children get through it the second time or subsequent times?
Anonymous
05/26/2026 17:54
Subject: Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
We left long ago. I just paid my last private school tuition bill a couple of months ago. Now on to college tuition. It has been worth every cent.
Anonymous
05/26/2026 16:39
Subject: Re:Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
mAnonymous wrote:I can't imagine there is a perfect school out there. We went to FCPS for elementary school. Many of the teachers were so-so, they put all of the IEP/504 kids in one or two classrooms each year turning those classrooms into challenging learning environments, and did a crappy job during COVID. I've had more issues with the way the principals run the schools in MCPS. Not addressing behavioral issues, not being aggressive dealing with bullies, catering to parents that barely parent, and not being strict enough on kids and teachers.
That’s it!!! The admins are truly what ruin schools 💯 they allow so much misbehavior from students and parents alike.
Anonymous
05/26/2026 16:37
Subject: Re:Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
I can't imagine there is a perfect school out there. We went to FCPS for elementary school. Many of the teachers were so-so, they put all of the IEP/504 kids in one or two classrooms each year turning those classrooms into challenging learning environments, and did a crappy job during COVID. I've had more issues with the way the principals run the schools in MCPS. Not addressing behavioral issues, not being aggressive dealing with bullies, catering to parents that barely parent, and not being strict enough on kids and teachers.
Anonymous
05/26/2026 07:48
Subject: Re:Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do parents seem more unhappy with MCPS than DCPS or FCPS, based on this forum?
Because most of the people posting here are not MCPS parents. They are most trolls, private schools parents, other jurisdictions wannabes.
MCPS is the big Dog in the area, and everybody loves to hate on the big Dog.
Lol no
I am an MCPS parent and everyone I talk to IRL who currently has kids in MCPS is either really frustrated or purposefully tuned out because following the terrible decision making of the Superintendent and the BOE is stressful and infuriating and people don't have time for that so they just deal with it and quietly hire tutors
The 5 people you know IRL are not the majority of MoCo parents. Most are happy with MCPS.
DP. Asking parents to disbelieve their own experiences and hear from other parents in favor of a mythical "majority" is not a winning move.
DP.
Lived experience is not the absolute truth; it is merely one perspective of many.
“We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never lived. But I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, profoundly, with perfect honesty and nicely adjusted judgment—until they believed that without doubt or question they had found the Truth. That was the end of the search. The man spent the rest of his life hunting up shingles wherewith to protect his Truth from the weather.” - Mark Twain
If you look at the data from the school climate survey from 2023-24, only small minorities of parents gave MCPS an A. Most gave it a B or a C. obviously, they stopped asking that question in subsequent years.
Anonymous
05/26/2026 07:05
Subject: Re:Are you relieved to be done with MCPS?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do parents seem more unhappy with MCPS than DCPS or FCPS, based on this forum?
Because most of the people posting here are not MCPS parents. They are most trolls, private schools parents, other jurisdictions wannabes.
MCPS is the big Dog in the area, and everybody loves to hate on the big Dog.
Lol no
I am an MCPS parent and everyone I talk to IRL who currently has kids in MCPS is either really frustrated or purposefully tuned out because following the terrible decision making of the Superintendent and the BOE is stressful and infuriating and people don't have time for that so they just deal with it and quietly hire tutors
The 5 people you know IRL are not the majority of MoCo parents. Most are happy with MCPS.
DP. Asking parents to disbelieve their own experiences and hear from other parents in favor of a mythical "majority" is not a winning move.
DP.
Lived experience is not the absolute truth; it is merely one perspective of many.
“We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never lived. But I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, profoundly, with perfect honesty and nicely adjusted judgment—until they believed that without doubt or question they had found the Truth. That was the end of the search. The man spent the rest of his life hunting up shingles wherewith to protect his Truth from the weather.” - Mark Twain