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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Philadelphia Main Line suburbs - the school districts are outstanding there. No SD is perfect, but this is a much better fit for us. [/quote]

Are those countywide or based on the town? Any with countywide districts will have the same/similar issues.

We’ve been in mcps a long time, with several kids. The emphasis has definitely changed from meeting the needs of high performing students to meeting the needs of FARMS and ESL students. Maybe that’s about equity but I think it’s more about demographic changes and the influx of high poverty to the county.

Not sure that mcps can do anything differently as they must meet the needs of all students. And the students with the most needs are high poverty. I actually think they do a pretty good job at serving that population. It was never realistic to be able to reduce the achievement gap between wealthy high achieving students and students in poverty who don’t speak English at home. But I think mcps does a good job meeting basic needs.

They need to be honest about that though, and not pretend they are the mcps of years past.[/quote]

The new school district we are now in is on the Philadelphia main line. The district is about a tenth the size of MCPS and the [b]teachers on average are paid about $50k more[/b]. Also they spend about $10k more per student. My special needs son got more services and a more individualized iep when we moved and my younger son also learned more at the end of the year and pushed academically. I also talked to other parents and they are overall happy w special ed here. MCPS sucks, as a product of Fairfax county public schools I hear you but the teachers although well meaning do not have the resources or bandwidth to keep up w the educational needs of the county. It may have been good years ago but sadly cannot compete with other well managed school districts across the country. [/quote]

That I don’t believe.  MCPS pays quite well; the starting salary is 62k; I’d guess the average is 80k or so.  Teachers are averaging 130k in your district?[/quote]

MCPS caps entry levels for external candidates with experience. Many of us would get a paycut working for MCPS. It’s part of how Maryland school systems hold teachers hostage [/quote]

I applied to MCPS with 16 years of experience. They would only give me credit for 8.

So I applied to privates and got a position that offered more than MCPS.

I’m thrilled with my current position, but it is a shame that the county doesn’t value experience. I was yet another strong teacher who took my talent elsewhere. [/quote]

Ok?   [/quote]

My comment is relevant to the conversation if you follow it upthread.

Previous posters discussed concern about attracting teachers to the county, which is a valid concern. MCPS’s reputation among teachers in the region isn’t as good as it used to be. Since they refuse to pay for experience like neighboring counties and private schools, MCPS loses a lot of great teachers simply because they won’t pay for them. [/quote]

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