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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to round this out for context:

Fairfax has more people, a younger population, higher property values, higher percentages of adults with high school and college degrees, lower social services assistance payments, higher retail sales, more jobs, shorter commutes, higher median household incomes, more National Merit Semifinalists, higher average SAT scores, a larger and stronger STEM magnet, and a lower poverty rate than Montgomery.

[b]Montgomery has more wins in a 25-minute quiz show[/b] that, like so many things in that county, almost went out of business recently. [/quote]
Then it begs the question why can FCPS win it if they are that great? With that larger and stronger STEM and all? It's not for lack of trying. [/quote]
And why is the proportion of students in MCPS who got on to the more elite universities higher than FCPS. Please don't say FCPS has great in state univ. That is just pathetic to compare GMU to the more well regarded univ. There's nothing wrong with the in state univ, but if you are going to compare like or like, you cannot seriously compare VA in state (or MD in state) to the higher rated univ.[/quote]

So, a greater proportion of MCPS students go to "elite" colleges, however the hell that is defined, than do FCPS's yet FCPS has higher average SAT scores.  [b]The only thing I can conclude from that is that MCPS moms are just more generous giving BJs to admissions officers than are FCPS moms[/b].

PS:  Please don't drive on our side of the river.  We have children playing here.[/quote]
Of course a jealous, low brow person would say this.  Sorry you have a chip on your shoulder.

While it is true that MCPS has higher FARM rate at 33%? or something and FCPS with 28%.  the actual numbers are about same.  FCPS does have about 30k more kids but considering higher property rating and others it is understandable that they have lower percentage wise in FARMS.

While I have been throwing numbers in previous pages to show FCPS is better (and let's not use this graduation rate of HYPS) as I'm honestly not sure how that data was gathered.
I must say that MCPS did come long ways in last decade to be on par with FCPS and it is more surprising considering that in MCPS only about 50% passes grade level standard test between 3-8 grade but 
their average SAT scores show that they are doing something right in their high school.

FCPS has lower FARMs rate than MCPS, and that is reflected in the SAT scores.  Given that FCPS has lower FARMs rate, I would expect proportionally more kids from FCPS to go to better colleges than those from MCPS, but that's not what the numbers are showing.

Also, a PP is correct about Amazon HQ2. They picked areas that were close to an airport, which is why they had also picked NYC (if you look at where they picked, it was right next to LGA I think).  It has nothing to do with how many kids go to TJ, I assure you.[/quote][/quote]

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