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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The standards of education in MCPS has been in a death spiral since 2.0 and escalated during the pandemic closures.  There are no due dates, plenty of redos, and minimum 50% for any attempt. There are not enough magnet slots for the exceptional students who want the opportunity. The needs of students with disabilities are often ignored. Beyond these issues is a failure to provide a safe school environment. Student fights are on the rise, bullying goes unaddressed, students bring knives and guns to school campus, a female student at Springbrook was sexually assaulted, a male student at Magruder was shot, and a Northwest student was murdered.

Enough is enough. MCPS doesn’t listen to the concerns of parents and students. School choice would give Montgomery County residences options for their child’s education. Perhaps MCPS would stop taking parents and students for granted and actually improve education.[/quote]

While you are 100% correct in your assessment, MCPS is only partially to blame for the virtual issues as if students/parents didn't log on and do the work, there was nothing MCPS could do but them dumbing down the curriculum last year and taking away class time was terrible.

Even if they gave vouchers it is pretty pointless because there aren't enough schools in the county/area to accept the vouchers.  Someone would have to open up more privates and given the cost of land/building that would financially be very difficult. So, the vouchers wouldn't help those of us who want to leave MCPS escape,  it would just help those in private or who want Catholic school pay for the programs they are already at.

They need to get rid of the board, and all the MCPS leadership and start over.  They need to bring more police into the schools and staff for security.  There is zero excuse for this violence to be happening.[/quote]

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