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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s that families like mine who are in the “middle” that are the concern.

We are zoned for a middle of the road ES - very diverse SES.

We started at public had a sh-tty experience with MCPS - well behaved kids at the top suffered because what limited  resources there were went to the bottom. And granted I’m fine with resources going to the bottom, but it’s the disregard for the needs of others that is bothersome. Literally physical safety became a daily concern of my first grader. It’s a race to the bottom instead of lifting up.

Went to private even though it is a financial stretch. Kids are much happier, they have excelled academically and aren’t worried about being beat up at recess.

I don’t know what changed - maybe covid or teacher shortages or demographic shifts - but something is very wrong with our once top school district.[/quote]

Agreed.  We are sticking it out with MCPS, but middle-class families also need to know that the school system will serve their kids well in order to have a successful public schools system.

The concerns this PP sites (school safety, low academic expectations for higher-performing kids) have been issues in MCPS for as long as we have had kids in the system.  IMO, these issues are not directly related to Covid.  Maybe Covid highlighted some of the pre-existing challenges that MCPS is facing.  [/quote]

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