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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Montgomery does not have the best school at all. They used to be much stronger but many dynamics are changing. Curriculum 2.0 sucks. The superintendent is very incompetent. They are feeling the effects of years of poor planning and lack of funding. Even the quality of the HGC program is being questioned at this point but rumors are that they may be dropping 2.0.

Its not a good time to buy a house banking on the strength of MCPS. You are better off looking near Annapolis. [/quote]

PP at 12:15 again -- this is another reason to talk to real live people instead of DCUM. On DCUM it is the received wisdom that:

1. The superintendent is an idiot. If he did something, it's wrong; and if something goes wrong, he did it.
2. The new MCPS elementary school curriculum (Curriculum 2.0) is awful. No other school system anywhere is doing anything like it. And MCPS only adopted it because [fill in malign, evil conspiracy theory here].

This has to be the best quote ever. Whoever wrote this is spot on. This board is full of complete tools. 
3. MCPS is a horrible school system. Certainly the worst in the state (except for Prince George's County). Probably one of the worst in the country. Bad teachers, bad schools, bad facilities, bad lunches, bad buses, bad schedules, bad calendar, bad snow days, bad parents, bad students.

Really, OP, for such a general question, you need to talk to real people. I think that DCUM is mostly useful for specific questions, like how can I get a change-of-school assignment, or what is involved with early entry to kindergarten, or where can I find the MCPS policy on bullying, or if your kid goes to X school what is your impression of it.[/quote][/quote]

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