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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are your non-W schools with lower than 30% Farms. There are others that are not far over 30%, but, FARMS have steadily risen since the early 2000s, they are not getting lower!

I included Wootton because maybe you'll find a unicorn. I think your budget is tough period. You'll have to compromise.

Clarksburg (26%)
Damascus (14%)
Richard Montgomery (19%)
Northwest HS (22%)
Poolesville (6%)
Quince Orchard (21.3%)
Sherwood (15%)
Wootton (less than 5%)

Out of curiosity, I looked at FARMS rates back in 2002. Wheaton was the only highschool with over 30% FARMS at 38.4%. 18 out of 26 (69%) of our highschools are over 30% Farms with some being more than 50%. The school system is done. Buyer beware.

Here is the dashboard with data.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/glance/
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Interesting data.

We are at a high FARMS elementary and I see the negative effects it has on the school.  It is impossible to sustain this model of increasing lower income populations without a negative impact on middle class families.  The wealthier will choose private, but the middle class families will look elsewhere for better public school options.

It has nothing to do with race (I’m not White) and everything to do with money.  There is not enough money to meet the needs of all the students.  And MCPS is so poorly managed that they continue to mismanage the funds they do have.  [/quote]

Your post makes no sense.  If you are at a focus school or title one, they get more funding and teachers.  There is money, it just may not be utilized properly.  The curriculum is a huge issue as well as teachers who cannot teach and just do small groups/centers.[/quote]

More academic funding at a high-needs school goes toward ESOL. Addressing poverty is a different story, as these are kids who receive free/reduced meals, which cost money, and reduced fees for trips, for example.  So the county subsidizes quite a bit.

However, there is overlap (more than not) between FARMs and ESOL.  So while the elementary school may have smaller class sizes and more nurturing teachers, once the kids hit middle and high school, it's all the same. On level classes at the secondary level are huge.  Additional allocations aren't used the same way b/c at the secondary level, it's course-specific. This may mean that struggling kids have a double period of math, which sucks up a period and may remove a teacher from instructing in another course that's just as significant.  lots of movement with course periods, course labels (a whole other story), and teaching assignments . . .

It becomes complicated in schools facing obstacles.

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