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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get that sometimes community expectations don't match what is possible with the resources they are willing to expend.

However, that is the rub.  Montgomery County spends considerable amounts of money on education and for most of us the quality is less than other smaller districts.

IMO the problem is that MCPS is too big for what it is.  In theory pooling the resources should lead to efficiencies, the problem is it's too spread out for Urban style management which is what Taylor seems to want to do "holding schools and special programs at different schools" make sense in a dense urban setting with declining capacity where switching schools is just a few blocks away.  Furthermore, MCPS doesn't have the legislative structure that an urban school system would have so there is little feedback or political planning.  So, pooling resources at certain schools means that overall quality is declined for everyone because we don't have access.[/quote]

This isn’t pooling resources when only a few kids will be offered a regional transfer and parent have to provide transportation and given the groupings, it can be impossible.  [/quote]

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