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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did a little research.  [b]MCPS *was* better than a Private School back in the 80’s 90’s? [/b] Sometime in the early 2000’s it seemed to decline.  I 100% agree the focus needs to be on basic academics.

There’s a lot of whining about how tutoring or demographics or money is a factor.  Deal with it.  From what I heard anecdotally, even when mcps offered free tutoring there were many demographic parents that didn’t even bother signing up?  How is that a school issue? It was a huge embarrassment for CO folks claiming demographics was a learning factor, imho.

There are pretty much only two ways to learn.  A parent enforcing discipline or a kid becomes self-motivated.  The school can’t control the first and only the teachers can help with the second.  Does the CO care?  Not when drug dealing teachers are okay to hire.  Without quality teachers, supported by their leadership, it doesn’t really matter what anyone says or does because the school system fails at that point.

That’s why it’s stupid to bash the schools still able to generate top scores.  Right now those few schools are keeping mcps from circling down the drain.  Mess with them and public school in Montgomery County will never bounce back once parents switch to private.  Instead of ‘how do we fund’ the cycle will be ‘how do we cut’ and public school will become daycare for parents unable to afford private.

Blair is a perfect example.  Remove just 100 magnet students and what’s left?  70% college ready?  And it’s not even nationally ranked as a stem school WITH the magnet kids there now?

Mcps needs to smell the coffee before it’s too late to fix.
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MCPS is still better than any private school in the DMV. 
It is the Big Dog and that is why everyone loves to hate MCPS. [/quote]
No one fleeing from MCPS "loves to hate" them. Most of us would be THRILLED not to hate them but at this point I cannot trust my child to their care.[/quote]

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