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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If you had ever experienced schools in other states, you would be begging to return to FCPS. [/b]Yes, there are problems, especially at the elementary school levels. Class sizes are too big in many schools, but principals could stop hiring instructional coaches and put the money into classroom staff. There is a shortage of special ed teachers, who quit because they are so overworked. There are a lot of students with serious behavior problems who are not moved to appropriate programs. There is a lack of discipline at many schools, because principals don’t want to have to submit discipline data to the district or state, so kids are not managed effectively. And, we need freaking textbooks! Kids need to read for information and have a resource for reviewing their learning or working ahead. [/quote]

There would have been a time where I wrote this. But too many of my educated friends have moved out of the area and told me how much better the schools are in other areas. FCPS used to be the best, but times have changed. They have removed whole parts of critical curriculum.

The only reason it is ranked so high is that the parents make up for the lack of decent education with reading/writing tutors, extracurricular math programs, academic camps, extensive test prep, etc.

Everything else you wrote is spot on. 
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