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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The issue really isn't cutting teachers vs. central office staff. The fundamental issue is MCPS has too many kids (and still rapidly increasing) and simply doesn't have the resources to support. This is what you get when you have the most open minded school system.[/quote]

No other schools systems have dealt with growth in density. Arlington grew by phenomenal rates but Arlington was smart and brought in businesses that also raised the tax revenue. The same is true in Howard County. Huge growth but also revenue growth with it. The problem in Montgomery County is the County Council. They were really dumb about development. They placed a moratorium on development during the boom years because they wanted to think about transportation. This was a HUGE advantage to Howard, Arlington and even Fairfax and DC. We lost all the new business and industry development to other counties and now our revenues are declining while our students are increasing. This is a disaster formula and will take decades to correct and it may never work out for Montgomery County.

It really isn't about open mindedness, it was simply incompetence on the part of the County Council. MCPS demonstrates the same incompetence. They constantly protect a top heavy and poor performing central office. The behave arrogantly. MCPS needs to cut the central office significantly to have any credibility in pushing for funds to address student increases. Right now, its the same game of MCPS trying to protect their cronies.

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Exactly. +2 trillion [/quote]

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