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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that these should be the MCPS priorities above anything else:

1.  Health & Safety.  This means addressing student and teacher safety.  Ex. if a building has asbesdos or falling ceilings that's dealt with before other renovations.  That also means if a school has rats or mice, that's dealt with before building a new school or re-renovating a school with artificial overcrowding that could be addressed with a boundary change.  If also this means a school needs an SRO because of rising incidents, it needs an SRO.
2.  Academics.  This means that no teacher classroom is without basic school supplies or what they need to conduct effective instruction.   This means that the Central Office provides support and assistance to teacher concerns, not the other way around. This does not mean teachers go off rails by teaching personal bias, but if it's related to the course material to supplement the module or a textbook, it's fair game. I know the CO will claim they already support teachers, but if a teacher says they're asking parents for materials to help with instruction - they're really not.
3.  Fiscal Responsibility.  Pet projects are not funded until 1 and 2 are addressed.  Period. 
4.  Everything else is a "competing priority" that can be decided by MCPS leadership; subject to financial constraints.[/quote]

And my kids have been in extremely overcrowded schools for years - I think that should be the first priority.  Not sure what artificial overcrowding is, but the chaos at the overcrowded schools is just that: chaos.  The overcrowding has lead to an extremely unsafe environment.

All schools have rats - kids leave behind food and trash, it's like a paradise for the rats

And asbestos is fine as long as its not disturbed.

I agree with you about academics, but let's fill all the teacher roles with qualified teachers, not long term subs, and not the sub of the day or no sub so they get pawned off to other classrooms.  
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