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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one in this thread said that Moco was going down the tubes, or that the infrastructure was bad.   Thats pure gaslighting to pretend that was said here.

What people did say was point out that the article shows serious structural problems in Elrich's budget that will continue- unless something is done to reign in spending and costs.

The tax lever cant be the only play, every time. [/quote]

I think it is fair to say that the county is going down the tubes. Historically our schools were best in the state (this has not been the case for over a decade now). NOVA has been beating us out in job and economic growth for years as well. Poverty in the county has skyrocketed since the early 2000s. It is a drain on schools, hospitals, county services, etc. We desperately need job growth in the county and Elrich could seem to care less. All he wants to do is put in bike lanes that nobody uses.[/quote]

The schools still are the best in the state if your student is a serious student (not talking about gifted, just regularly engaged).  If you look at the SES/racial subgroups for MCPS and compare to a similar cohort in Howard and Frederick, the performance is similar both on the good and bad side, it's just a numbers game. Nobody's doing any better because you can lead a horse to water (money), but you can't make it drink.  The kids have to show up and want to be there, the best ability is availability.  Throwing money at MCPS hasn't solved the problem, we've grown that budget to over $3 billion now.  Money hasn't solved the problem for DCPS or Baltimore.  I don't know what the solution is, but it sure isn't more money because MCPS has more than enough of it.  
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