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[quote=Anonymous][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, [b]it's an open question [/b]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]

Open Q for you, not for many. [/quote]

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