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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the Post is right, unfortunately. It's union appeasement.  I know more and more highly educated, affluent parents who are pulling their kids out of MCPS for private school because of large class sizes and the relative dearth of music, science, art, PE, recess, etc.  I know some folks will say good riddance, but in realistic terms, it does not help MCPS to have those families leaving the system. I don't think the county cares about that, but I think that's shortsighted.  [/quote]

I am not sure the numbers bear out the flight. My DC is at Whitman and the 9th and 10th grades are huge because of an influx of kids from private schools.  Most of the schools in the cluster are at or over capacity. At the same time some of the local private schools are under enrolled. [/quote]

White flight is well underway. Google the MCPS enrollment figures and you'll find out.  The Whitman cluster isn't one to hold up as an example.  That's where Starr has his children.  So, all you are proving is that Starr is pandering to unions while keeping his children in the only very white cluster.

How many parents can afford to live in that cluster?[/quote]

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