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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]say you live in Montgomery County, which has an excellent public school system[/quote]

[b]Montgomery County does not have an excellent school system. Its mediocre at best but getting worse each year[/b]. In the past few years it has gone down hill fast. Class sizes exploded a few years ago and 2.0 is the biggest disaster. The new Algebra 2.0 was such a disaster that MCPS inflated all test scores to bring everyone up to last year's failure rate. 32% of middle school kids and 82% of high school kids failed before the grade inflation. Several ES schools in Churchill and Wootton are seeing enrollment declines for the first time in years. It isn't because houses are not being sold to people with kids.

Montgomery County is becoming what NW DC used to be..a residential community with good houses but if you can afford it, you do private. [/quote]

Lol, if you think MCPS is mediocre I hope you never leave the "DC Metro area" bubble...[/quote]

It is mediocre. My daughter is in the highest reading level in 2nd grade and her teacher constantly tells us she has promise. Her cousin who attends a top school in Anne Arundel County dances circles around her. her cousin goes to a mostly white school. They are ok with the lack of diversity because honestly, how many times are you going to need to interact with someone who isn't similar to you later in life???? Diversity isn't that important to me either because i see it is adding no value to my daughter's education - she is in a very diverse school. [/quote]

yes, MCPS are mediocre though they were once outstanding.  Many, many here think (wish?) things never change.  MCPS is a prime example of what happens when the interests of the teacher's unions take precedence over the interests of the students.  Perception lags reality, but you can't fool people for ever.[/quote]

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