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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know how you define well. There are A LOT of safety/security and [b]cultural issues[/b] with the high schools in Silver Spring.

If I had to rank best to worst for black students, I'd say in the DCC:
- Blair
- Wheaton
- Einstein
- Northwood
- Kennedy

NEC:
- Blake
- Springbrook
- Paint Branch

Paint Branch is the most majority black high school population in MCPS but the academic outcomes and behavioral issues are OFF THE CHARTS. MCPS has a lot of work to do to improve the learning experience for black students. They've failed black kids pretty significantly.[/quote]

Dog whistle alert. [/quote]

No. I'm referring to the school climate/culture, which is the terminology MCPS uses to gauge the health and wellbeing of its schools. Go and look at the latest climate/culture surveys for the schools I listed. There are lots of problems.[/quote]

OP-School climate surveys
https://sharedaccountability.mcpsmd.org/SurveyResults/content.php

A lot of the indicators are actually pretty positive for Paint Branch, just like the other schools but the safety question for students does not look great. 59% of students said they felt safe while at most other schools it's more in the 80s to over 90%.

Kennedy and Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg area, not where OP is looking) are also low at 62%.
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Just to be clear, the PP said that all Silver Spring schools have bad "cultures" but the numbers for Blair and Einstein along that exact same metric are pretty good 84 percent for Blair and 83 percent for Einstein.

For the question "At my school, students treat people from different races, ethnicities, or cultures fairly" you have 89 percent for Blair and 88 percent for Einstein.

This actually sounds like a pretty good "culture" to me. [/quote]

I ranked Blair and Einstein as being among the best options in Silver Spring.

When you factor in [b]ALL of the schools in Silver Spring[/b], which include those in the DCC and NEC, pretty much only Blair, Einstein and Wheaton have acceptable climate and culture measures from staff and student.[/quote]

You mean all the high schools? There are lots of elementary schools with positive ratings from staff and students. At the middle school level most have appallingly bad survey scores, Argyle and Sligo are average, Parkland is a bit better than average, Takoma Park is very good.

OP, you can find MCPS survey results here: https://sharedaccountability.mcpsmd.org/SurveyResults/content.php?sch=798

The MD school report cards also include survey scores from staff and students: https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/[/quote]

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