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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I left MCPS for Calvert County and haven’t looked back. [b]Much better system[/b] and it’s smaller. [/quote]

Why? What makes it better, in your opinion?[/quote]

4 high schools
http://www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_123339/File/Calvertnet/District%20Info/About%20Us/Profile/District%20Profile%202016.pdf

That's a dream imo.

We left MCPS for a smaller system with "only" 12 high schools.  But 12 vs. 26 (I believe) is still ideal.  MCPS is too large.  So of course people with money will have a choice to move into a higher performing school with students facing fewer obstacles. The system then becomes a group of smaller systems working independently. There is no true MCPS.

In essence, a 4-high school system can run itself much more easily and is, in some cases, no different from higher-performing clusters in a larger county that stand apart from the other clusters facing more challenges.

Our local high school in this new system, which is within walking distance, has under 7% FARMs. People around us aren't rich; we're mainly all in the "middle."  This is easier on teachers, too, who can actually instruct b/c there aren't too many students facing academic and/or social-emotional issues.

I spent the bulk of my career working with a challenging population.  While we had success stories, over the last decade or so, it became impossible to do right by kids b/c we were told not to fail too many - or that it was our fault that kids weren't reading at grade level by the end of the year.  There's only so much a teacher can do.  [/quote]

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