Anonymous wrote:My dentist, lawyer, and dermatologist all graduated from mcps. They’re old though, so not sure if they count.

Best comment ever.

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Anonymous wrote:When my now junior was in ES and they tracked kids and accelerated math, when they gave actual spelling quizzes and math graded math tests, had normal graded reports cards and a paragraph of comments each from each child - it was pretty nice. Many involved families, more parent volunteers, less stud3nt teacher ratios and much less ESOL, it was nice.

Now my youngest is in ES and the difference is night and day. It just sucks to put it nicely. One more year and she will be in private. All 3 ended up there and it is just a better fit. More recess, less kids per class, more thinking, less busy work, more overall responsibilities. Thank God for financial aid.

ugh. this has been our impression and experience as well. oldest shipping out to great college this fall, not sure what to do with 6th grader.... she is having a rough time back from HGC

My 4th grader does the following:

1. writes a multi-paragraph paper and gets it back with feedback and a letter grade
2. has math quizzes with a letter grade
3. has spelling tests from time to time

Is it perfect? No, especially in MS. Not very challenging for my former HGC student. Decided not to apply to MS magnet, but will apply to HS magnet. I feel like MS is a black hole in MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in K and I’ve been happy with MCPS so far. Teacher is well educated and energetic and incorporates aspects of evidence based learning in her classroom (lots of movement breaks, hands on learning, flexible seating options). I do wish that class sizes were smaller but my kid’s non Focus classroom is still smaller than the classroom of other kids I know who are in DCPS.

When we were in DCPS, the K class had 20 with 2 teachers. In our MCPS non-focus school we have 25 in K with 1 teacher.

Fairfax county has 25 kids and two teachers for K. MCPS is a joke.

MCPS here. My kid's K had 14 kids in class so..

That must have been a Title 1 school.

We are in a FOCUS school and they are usually at the max for 18 per class. And, at our FOCUS School, that goes up in the higher ES grades. My 4th grader has 29 kids in a classroom that is WAY too small for them.

29 kids per K class is insane, IMO. They are 5 year olds. No matter how good the teacher is, it's tough to manage.

In what school in MCPS are there 29 kids in a class? Thought it was capped at 24-25? I know at Ashburton, which is majorly overcrowded, they added another Kindergarten when numbers got over 26 or so. Same at Farmland.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in K and I’ve been happy with MCPS so far. Teacher is well educated and energetic and incorporates aspects of evidence based learning in her classroom (lots of movement breaks, hands on learning, flexible seating options). I do wish that class sizes were smaller but my kid’s non Focus classroom is still smaller than the classroom of other kids I know who are in DCPS.

When we were in DCPS, the K class had 20 with 2 teachers. In our MCPS non-focus school we have 25 in K with 1 teacher.

Fairfax county has 25 kids and two teachers for K. MCPS is a joke.

MCPS here. My kid's K had 14 kids in class so..

Name the school please

My dentist, lawyer, and dermatologist all graduated from mcps. They’re old though, so not sure if they count.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in K and I’ve been happy with MCPS so far. Teacher is well educated and energetic and incorporates aspects of evidence based learning in her classroom (lots of movement breaks, hands on learning, flexible seating options). I do wish that class sizes were smaller but my kid’s non Focus classroom is still smaller than the classroom of other kids I know who are in DCPS.

When we were in DCPS, the K class had 20 with 2 teachers. In our MCPS non-focus school we have 25 in K with 1 teacher.

Fairfax county has 25 kids and two teachers for K. MCPS is a joke.

MCPS here. My kid's K had 14 kids in class so..

That must have been a Title 1 school.

We are in a FOCUS school and they are usually at the max for 18 per class. And, at our FOCUS School, that goes up in the higher ES grades. My 4th grader has 29 kids in a classroom that is WAY too small for them.

29 kids per K class is insane, IMO. They are 5 year olds. No matter how good the teacher is, it's tough to manage.