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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you guys are missing the big point. The overcrowding issue is here to stay. It's driven by the inflex of new comers to the county. It will continue. [/quote]

Yes, many schools are over capacity, because enrollment in MCPS is increasing, because the population of Montgomery County is increasing. I'm not sure why this is "the big point", though?[/quote]

Overcrowding itself is not a big issue providing 1) state/county has money (and land) to keep building; 2) the performance of MCPS can be maintained; and 3) the burden on tax payers is not increased. As it stands now, the answer to 1) is no; the answer to 2) is "no" and answer to 3) is also "no".

This is why I said earlier the MCPS has turn the corner (not for better). [/quote]

You don't mean "the performance of MCPS can be maintained." You mean "the test scores of MCPS students can be maintained." Given that test scores strongly correlate with SES, it's an open question whether MCPS truly was a better school system in those halcyon, long-past days when everybody was white, middle-class, and suburban, than it is now, when many students aren't.[/quote]

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