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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The county will benefit when they spin up more local centers like the ones at PBES and RCES.[/quote]

Interesting that you chose RCES as a comparative school. RCES had terrible PARRC scores considering how low the FARMS rate is at that school. Pass rates were in the 50s and 60s which for a wealthy area that doesn't have kids entering years below grade level is really bad. Go a few miles down the road and Cold Spring had a 98% pass rate. Cold Spring is a less wealthy area of Potomac while Rachel Carson pulls from the most expensive area in gaithersburg -not much SES difference in the populations. Both schools have a CES. So its either that within the same SES range smarter people with smarter kids choose Cold Spring while dumber people with dumber kids choose Rachel Carson OR much more likely there is something wrong at RCES.

My money is on the overcrowding which is the same problem at Piney Branch. Its crazy to have a CES at overcrowded schools which just increases the overcrowding! Based on the low score performance, a CES is not what these schools need and is just for show to appease parents who think their kid is gifted. [/quote]

All schools deserve a local CES. Overcrowding and undercrowding is just a function of bad zoning. However, without the CES Cold Spring would cease to exist which from my perspective means it should be shut down as local centers come online.[/quote]

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