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[quote=Anonymous]Setting aside everyone's personal experience, there have been huge changes in MCPS over the past two years that are not widely popular. I know that when we were deciding between VA and MD many years ago, everyone raved about MCPS. Parents were very happy, scores were high, and it seemed like a very safe move. The only negative reviews we were able to find years ago were from the Parent's Coalition about fees which we don't care about and don't mind.

Now there is a good deal of dissatisfaction with the changes in class sizes, curriculum, grading system, math, and MCPS parent/system interactions etc. Whether you like 2.0 or not, I don't think you can say that this isn't going on.

There are some great teachers in MCPS but honestly I don't know if the young ones will stick around. It isn't an issue of pay but these changes are putting a huge burden on them. It really feels that the teachers doing the best are the ones who are secretly working around or outside the new system and putting in a lot of their own time to do this.

I'm not sure how all this will work out but if I was buying a new house, I would think twice about Montgomery County based on this situation. [/quote]

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