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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are not really all in the same school system.  Make no mistake, MCPS is very much a system of haves and have-nots.  If this were not so, we would not see all these people on this forum dissing eastern MoCo schools and lauding W schools.

I am one of the PPs who noted that in a small town-based school system, economic diversity is very achievable and indeed, was my experience.  My dad was a lawyer and I went to high school with doctors' kids, first-generation immigrant kids, kids whose mom worked in the school cafeteria.  All in ONE high school.

If the county split, and if there were more mixed housing available throughout the resulting smaller counties, mixing poor and rich would be feasible.  [/quote]

If the county didn't split, and there were more mixed housing available throughout the county, mixing poor and rich would be feasible.

Or, of course, the county might split into a rich county and a poor county...

And yes, we are really all in the same school system. MCPS. One operating budget, one administration, one transportation system, one capital improvement plan, one...well, you get the idea.[/quote]

I don't really get the consortia in MCPS.  The various specialty programs don't seem all that attractive for academically motivated kids, and it keeps people from quickly identifying the assigned schools.  You can check real estate listings in Potomac, Bethesda, Arlington or Fairfax and immediately find out the school assignments.  But the schools may not even be identified on the real estate listings if you're part of the DCC, and it makes those areas seem like PG, where the listings virtually never bother to identify the schools.   You do hear good things about Blair and Einstein, but that seems to be despite the fact they're part of the DCC, and not because they are part of it. [/quote]

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