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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Completely election year gimmick (like widening the beltway and I270). If any of this was important to him (and MC isnt important to Hogan at all), he would have done it months or years earlier.

I think Smith is moving, albeit slowly, in the right direction.  People are mad when predators have been 'hidden' and are still mad now that MCPS is transparent when they are found.  He has gotten rid of/reorganozed some people out of central office, and gotten rid of others (Capital Planning).

It's a big machine and it takes time to make course corrections.  They did a quick/hard stop when they found improprieties with the new curriculum search. And I think turned it around pretty quickly.

Am I happy with mcps and our overcrowded schools? No. Do I think they're moving in the right direction, maybe. But a big part of the problem is funding. Some schools need smaller class sizes and more support. Others need more facilities because of overcrowding or improved facilities because they haven't been touched since the 1950s. To make all these changes, the schools need money. They raise the property taxes for the first time in 9 years, and people went ballistic. [b]So how do we expect all these changes we want, without increasing the funds?  There just isn't millions/billions of bloat left to cut.[/b][/quote]

Are you kidding?

I'd be willing to pay more in property taxes if it meant ACTUAL improvement in the schools.  No, that's not what happens.

MCPS chooses to spend money on a huge, bloated, inefficient central office and ridiculous administrative positions.  It CHOSE to waste money on ridiculous, unproven initiatives, and a useless curriculum instead of choosing a proven, tested curriculum.  MCPS chose to spend money to increase tech, such as Chromebooks and Promethean boards, instead of pushing for smaller class sizes and increasing the number of teachers.

I think most parents would be willing to pay more to a school system that is well-run.  MCPS is so dysfunctional.  Giving more money to an already dysfunctional system is not going to help.  That's why people go ballistic.  
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I was willing to pay more money too - I now write checks to a Catholic H.S. and find myself among many who have fled MCPS, including teachers. [/quote]

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