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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS was wrong to open all schools but many schools should have opened. The problem in MCPS is that the kingdom is too large for them to run effectively and there is very poor long range planning and facilities management.

[b]Opening most of the schools was a correct decision. However, elementary schools with portables where young children walk outside to get to the building with a restroom should have been closed. The larger solution would be to effectively plan for capacity so you don't wind up with portables. You can't argue that this is just a money issues that they can't control because the statements from MCPS are that planning is great, we always get the numbers right, and we don't have capacity planning problems. This clearly is untrue. [/b]

Fairfax also did a facilities and maintenance check of all buildings. MCPS did not and MCPS has no clue as to the state of their facilities until something breaks. They lack the logistical ability to quickly respond to these problems.

Opening would have been a great decision if the facilities were better managed and there was thought/planning put forward to understand that some schools should have been closed, such as elementary schools with portables and schools with older infrastructure. This is too complicated for them because they don't care.

Only 2% of schools shut down so this was just great is their PR line.  The PR statement from MCPS in the press that they don't think it was big deal that they needed to shut down and send kids home because of their lack of understanding/planning is just plain infuriating. This is the attitude that leads to all the incompetency in this system.

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Overcrowding can be alleviated by redistricting. This is not a politically palatable solution, thus the portable solution. They know how many kids they have and how many are coming down the pipeline. They just don't want to deal with the political mess that shifting school boundaries brings. [/quote]

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