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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh for heaven's sake. I'm 18:03 and I'm not a union troll. Nor am I a teacher or administrator in public or private schools anywhere. Nor do I have any connection at all with the MCPS school system except that I send my kids there. More like, there is 1 DCUM poster who is part of the tea party "blame unions not Wall Street" brigade and thinks every thread on MCPS or Metro presents a wonderful new opportunity to rant about unions.

Has our experience been perfect? No. But we tried private school and that wasn't perfect either. Schools and your kids' teachers will be uneven.  Starr and his predecessor have been unfriendly to magnet programs. And yes, over-focussed on self-promotion. (Although you can ignore 20:17 who apparently thinks a newbie will fall for the silly canard about Starr's TV show, although this has been rebutted on DCUM many times before. Many schools in MoCo have their own TV studios so the kids can do little "news shows" before school starts every morning.) I'm not a big fan of Starr for various reasons having to do with academic programming -- but let's focus on objective, deserved criticism instead of silliness about TV shows, OK?

OP, schools vary terrifically within Montgomery County which, as a PP pointed out, covers a big geographic area. If you have a particular school in mind, or a particular part of the county, I would recommend asking a focused question. Then you'll get some useful information on specific points.
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We'd believe your claims made while hiding behind the mass of anonymity because?

OP travel through the county and look at the privates building even in this tough economy and you'll know where parents are heading.  Somewhere on the internet ... maybe on the MCPS website ... I saw the change in demographics.  Honestly, I think parents are leaving.

The poster equates students doing their own TV shows (as part of class requirements) with the new super using tax money to run a TV program featuring ... drum roll please ... himself.  That said, the poster agrees MCPS is " over-focussed on self-promotion" and admits (s)he is "not a big fan of Starr for various reasons having to do with academic programming."

Just do your own research and make up your own mind.[/quote]

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