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I as a resident am loyal to and love the county, but it is assumed that our high crime rate (in relation to neighboring counties) is because of our proximity to the poor areas of Washington, DC. Also that our low test scores are simply because of the PG "demographic" (Blacks), but is any of this actually true? Look at Baltimore County, the city of Baltimore is located right smack in the middle of it and had a RECORD year in murders yet Baltimore County still managed to have 60-70 percent less murders then PG who only is next door to DC. Not to mention Baltimore County only had 25 murders while the city of Baltimore hit over 300. So is the excuse for the increase in crime and the non prevention of crime as simple as "those people from DC" or is it really an ineffective and unorganized police department? NYC is still seeing RECORD drops in its crime rate..I mean HISTORIC DROPS. If they can do it why not little PG COUNTY? We should be averaging at the most 10-15 murders a year def not 60 plus.

As far as the High schools why dont we have at least one that is a "7" on great schools.com? Our most esteemed school is Roosevelt and that is just a "6"..again you can say the "demographics" (blacks) but look at these majority black HS in Charles & Baltimore County

Charles County:

[b]West Lake HS:  70 percent Black, 11 percent White, 5 percent Hispanic  "7"
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http://www.greatschools.org/maryland/waldorf/598-Westlake-High-School/

[b]North Point HS: 55 percent Black, 30 Percent White. Also a "7"[/b]

http://www.greatschools.org/maryland/waldorf/2554-North-Point-High-School/details/

P.S. [b]They also have 2 other HS (Black population 55 % +) that are a "6" while PG only has 1 Roosevelt (Which is suppose to be a GOLD STANDARD)[/b]

Baltimore County:

Western School of Technology and Environmental Science [b]75 percent Black, 13 percent white, a [b] 10/10[/b] close to 900+ students [/b]

http://www.greatschools.org/maryland/baltimore/331-Western-School-Of-Technology--Env.-Science/

New Town High School [b]92 PERCENT BLACK[/b]   rated  [b]7/10[/b] 900 + Students (Beats our Science & Tech Gold Standard) its just a regular neighborhood SCHOOL

http://www.greatschools.org/maryland/owings-mills/2371-New-Town-High-School/

P.S. My point we have let  PG GOVT use these things as EXCUSES as to why we can't produce high test results and low crimes. Now I know that MD test scores are really high compared to other states so even a school like Duval which is barely a 3 has about 80-85 of the student body proficient in scores which in any other state would give it at least a 5 or 6, but were not in any other state were in MD so why can't our scores match other HS with similar demographics? WE AREN'T THE PROBLEM PG GOVT IS
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