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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if part of the issue with judging Maxwells tenure is that PGC residents just expect more than they did in the past.  Were there actually more issues going on under his time or did they just garner more attention than the previous Superintendents because people expected him to come in and magically fix a broken system.

He clearly made some mistakes...including calling serious problems "distractions" but I think we are kidding ourselves if we don't acknowledge that he was significantly better, and made a more positive change, than the previous 4 leaders did combined.

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I think losing head start funding is a pretty big deal. the abuse scandals and the poor response resulting in tons of teachers out of the classrooms for months during the school year are also big deals.  The graduation rate scandal.  And these are just scandals, and doesn't even begin to touch basic public school services like the continued understaffing of bus drivers and the inability to provide reliable, timely and safe bus transportation for our children.

I have lived in the county for 14 years and have been in the public school system for 5 years.  If this is significantly better then we need to raise our standards.

Also he was paid significantly more, so our expectations should be higher.  [/quote]

Also, our property taxes are no lower than our neighbors in Montgomery County and Northern Virginia.  Why should our expectations be so low?[/quote]

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