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[quote=Anonymous]A good school system would create pathways to access for all students. All schools should support and challenge students. Your access to opportunities should not be limited by your zipcode.

I was once a FARMS student in MCPS. I was part of the guinea pigs for the first Junior High (yes, MCPS didn't have middle schools back then). The top 30 students at my school were accellerated, given extra support at lunch and afterschool, received free SAT prep and college application help as well as AP classes. I would consider myself middle of the road intelligence wise but with the support, I graduated from a tough East county high school with over a semester of college credit. My best friend in high school had fled Burma as a child with her family. She is now a doctor who does research on rare childhood diseases. I was the first in my family to graduate college and the AP credits lessen the financial burden of that journey. My friend and I crossed paths a few years back, not in our old neighborhood but in the Potomac Safeway.

Our kids go to Potomac area schools and we have both noticed the education isn't the standard we received. We both supplement at home to fill in gaps or when we think basic concepts are missing. No fancy tutors but old fashioned textbooks and workbooks from Amazon.  Point is, the future of a student is only as limited as his or her education.[/quote]

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