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I INVESTED money in land near downtown Bethesda, which has appreciated and will continue to do so. The schools are good as well!

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for how much longer?

I've been in the system for over 20 years as a teacher.  born in Mo Co - spent my entire lifetime in this county

Don't depend on Bethesda "holding out" for much longer.

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Long enough. My oldest who needs lots of help, has indeed received lots of help from MCPS, for which we are incredibly grateful, and will be out in a few years. My youngest can deal with whatever they throw at her :-)
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My son received services early on, but through Infants and Toddlers. So 2.0 wasn't a factor. However, as a rising 4th grader, he was part of the 2.0 roll out.  You really don't know the effects until you move into another system, which is happening shortly for us.

So while you say your youngest can deal, I think that's a very sad statement to make about educating your child.

Learning isn't about "dealing."  It's about being challenged to master material that will help a person to function in society.

We moved from having total autonomy over guides and instructional practices to having no control over what to present to a classroom of children each learning at a different pace.

Someone mentioned that "ignorance is bliss" with regard to parental awareness.  I should be amazed at this lack of awareness, but I'm not, as I do realize that many parents barely touch the surface when conversing with their own children.  Superficial discussions at best . . .

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Ha ha ha! You don't me, and yet you assume so much? I have probably thought more about educating my children than you. We prioritize education and work a lot at home. My youngest is not only a hard worker, but very competent. MCPS can go downhill, it will not affect her.

I have criticized MCPS for years on these boards, over specific things (overuse of tech in primary years, absence of textbooks, poor writing preparation in middle and high school, less-than-rigorous selection of electives instructors, etc), but overall, I take exception to painting this public school system in he disastrous light that some do. It's not a lost cause. It's actually a good system. As a scientist, I appreciate the STEM emphasis and the wealth of possible coursework in high school, I find writing to be quite ambitious at the elementary school level, and I love how American schools in general encourage public speaking and personal growth. As a foreigner, I can tell you that it's quite different from other education philosophies (rote, head down, listen to the teacher destroy your self-esteem).

No system will be perfect. MCPS works fine, as long as you remember that education ALWAYS begins at home.

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Yes, Yes, Yes. Some of these posters are primarily committed to getting everyone to agree that MCPS is the pits. the energy is not focused on improvement , it is aimed at only saying it sucks in 200 different threads a day.
The amount of vitriol and the amount of time they spend spewing it they could have moved, planned, financed a new charter school and recruited all the other MCPS parents to sign up.[/quote]

Then congrats -- you have a system you love.

Some of us want to confront the reality that MCPS has serious problems. Since you love it, you don't have to participate. Sit back and enjoy the school system you have.

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DP.. where did that ^PP state she *loved* MCPS?  You make it seem like you either have to completely hate MCPS or completely love it. There's no in between?

^PP is stating that if you hate MCPS *that* much, it would behoove you to spend your time and energy in driving to make changes to MCPS the way you want it to be instead of expending all that energy posting on this forum.

I get that people want to vent on here, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. But, I hope you spend more time contacting the BoE and organizing to make changes rather than spending useless time on this forum venting, because that certainly won't change anything except make you more frustrated.
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Someone did try to organize over the weekend, but the petition was taken down. I encourage people to contact the BoE and organize. Every time someone has brought up organizing, they've gotten zero traction on here. It's really sad.  [/quote]
SO THE F**** WHAT? SOME PEOPLE DO REAL WORK, ORGANIZING, IMPROVING, LODGING COMPLAINTS TO THE BOE IN ACTUAL REAL FREAKING LIFE!! YOU ARE LIKE THOSE VOLUNTEERS ON THE STREET CORNERS, IF YOU DO NOT SIGN UP FOR WHATEVER CHARITY THEY REPRESENT THAT MUST MEAN YOU ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. CHICK, PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO ORGANIZE, OR AGREE WITH ANY STINKING THING YOU DO ON DCUM. JEFF IS NOT THE MCPS BOE. THAT'S WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS NATION NOW, WHY OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN THE TOILET. ONLINE GENIUSES THINKING THE INTERNET IS THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD.  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll: [/quote]

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