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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To drag this discussion back from the trolls who want to litigate the boundary discourse in every thread:

TPES is well-regarded in the community. The K-2 model lets the staff and administration focus on the needs of the youngest learners, and the partnership with the 3-5 school is much better integrated than other split elementary models in MCPS.

The class size issue is relatively new, as TPES only "lost" its Focus School status a year ago. As the neighborhood has become wealthier, it has tipped the balance from "moderate FARMS" to "low FARMS" in terms of MCPS metrics.

[b]If your main issue is class size, [/b]there are plenty of schools in the broader neighborhood that are either still Focus Schools (like ESSES) or Title I (like Rolling Terrace).

But I wouldn't pick a school on that basis only.

[/quote]Class sizes will change when the school population changes after the boundary study.  Pretending that's not going to happen isn't going to make it not so.[/quote]

MCPS has standards that all schools follow. If a school has more students, they hire more teachers to ensure that all schools have similar class sizes that are below a preset size. The exception is higher FARMS schools, which receive additional funds to reduce class sizes. [/quote]

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