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[quote=Anonymous][quote]So you all think illegal aliens have not contributed to overpopulated schools and Math 2.0?[/quote]

MCPS parent here who thinks Starr should be run out of town and 2.0 with him. These problems have nothing to do with legal or illegal immigrants. In our school, its the immigrant parents who value education more and are even more upset about MCPS screwing up the curriculum.

The overcrowding is not from immigrants, its from MCPS and the board being too incompetent to project growth and manage their budget or enforce development pay packs to the school system for growth. Starr chose to raise teacher salaries AND increase class sizes to do this. He did this knowing that he doesn't have the budget to pay for the growth in salaries and benefits in future years so it will get worse. Politically, he wanted the support of the teacher's union so off he went with a bad fiscal decision that harms students. The rest of the county is furious with MCPS and they will not be seeing one cent beyond maintenance of effort due to actions from the school board and Starr. MCPS has no clue how they are going to the growth and they can't even get the numbers correct!

The only meaningful way to close the achievement gap is by raising the performance of the kids at the bottom, not holding others back. This requires resources, better trained educators, tutors, and one on one or small group ratios for those students. MCPS grossly mismanages their budget and Starr's latest mistake means they have even less money. No one in central office is going to look at cutting out the waste in central office.  They are screwed and looking for a way out. They have all bought into the idea that if they only teach to the bottom and don't assess the higher achievers beyond the mediocre level then they can hit their quota of closing the achievement gap. These decisions are about finding a way to sustain the current individuals in MCPS through smoke and mirrors. [/quote]

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