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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Baltimore Sun has a long article about the proposed Howard County Public Schools rezoning: https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-howard-school-redistricting-20190906-xhzkmkf2zvgcxdkbd3vqdanblm-story.html (I don't know who wrote it because the journalists are withholding their bylines this week.)

I don't know enough about Howard County to evaluate the proposals, but [b]I do know enough about Montgomery County to be able to say with authority that anybody who is thinking of moving from MCPS to HCPS, in order to try to avoid boundary changes for school capacity and desegregation, should read this article[/b].[/quote]
I stated this in another thread, how MoCo parents threatening to move to HoCo or FFX because MoCo dared to hire a consultant to look at how MCPS draws school boundaries made me chuckle.  And where are they going to threaten to move to now. [b]The response was that people were now moving to Frederick, and how much happier they are.  That made me chuckle too.  I'm sure Frederick county schools are fine, but their top schools are more like the mediocre ones in MoCo and HoCo.[/b] Of course, mediocre schools are fine, too. It's not like I live in a W school cluster.   But if mediocrity is fine, not sure why moving to Frederick for the schools makes one happier.  [/quote]

former resident of Mo Co - many decades, born and raised there
intimately aware of how the school system operates

recently moved to Fred. - can honestly say my kids' education is much better, as the emphasis is on academics and resourcefulness 
They are held accountable for their work and behavior, and the grading scale is what it should be, with no extra fluff.  A an is an A, and kids who don't work will fail.

So unless you understand education, you really can't judge what a "good" school is.[b] Your claim that FCPS schools are similar to the "mediocre ones in Mo Co and Ho Co" lacks evidence.  [/b]

My kids have a cohort of hard-working peers who value education.  I guess we're just lucky, right?[/quote]
My evidence is the "college readiness" per USWNR - the best Frederick HS, Urbana, has a lower rate than  NWHS and Sherwhood HS in MoCo, and overall has a lower ranking than Sherwood.

The lowest ranked MCPS HS, Watkins Mill and other schools that many on this forum consider to be in ganglandia, is ranked higher than the lowest ranked Frederick county HS.

Frederick county has lower FARMS and ESOL percentage than MoCo, and yet, its best HS is still ranked lower than an MCPS middling HS.

Sherwood HS:
94% Graduation Rate
63.6 College Readiness
FARMs 17%
[b]ESOL 12.2%[/b]
The total minority enrollment is 50%.
1,922 Enrollment 9-12

The AP® participation rate at Sherwood High is 76%.

Urbana HS:

98% Graduation Rate
55.1 College Readiness
1,702 Enrollment 9-12
FARMS 6%
[b]ESOL .5%[/b]
The total minority enrollment is 34%.
 The AP® participation rate at Urbana High is 66%.

AND Urbana has IB, but Sherwood doesn't.

Given that Urbana has less FARMs and ESOL students and has an IB program, it should be ranked much higher than Sherwood, but it isn't.  Parents looking for the best schools aren't moving to Frederick.

My statement is based on data; your's is based "feel".[/quote]

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