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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a MCPS teacher who has kids in FCPS in Urbana. I'd say at least 40% of the people I teach with live in Frederick county and are fine with the schools up here.  We moved out of MoCo as our kids were entering elementary school because I wasn't happy with MCPS. 
FCPS is much smaller and central office doesn't have to jump through 1,000 hoops to get an initiative up and running. There aren't layers upon layers of positions at central either. I've been more than happy with our teachers and administrators here. There's an incredible sense of community and tons of activities and evening events. 
I may get blasted for saying this, but I'm also not hearing about crazy behaviors in my children's elementary school like I observe in my own school. [/quote]
then why don't you teach in FCPS?

There are several teachers I know in MCPS who have kids in MCPS. So, I guess ymmv.

I think the two school districts are too different to compare, but MCPS does have way more offerings and more higher achieving kids than MCPS.  If different programming and diversity are important to you, I'd stick with MCPS, and find a cluster that has the least issues. They do tend to be on the wealthier side.

If you don't care about the above two things, and your kids are just average to above average, FCPS might be better.  MCPS being large does mean that some average/above average kids fall through the cracks.

My kids are biracial, and one has been in a gifted program since ES, so for us, MCPS makes more sense.[/quote]

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