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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS used to be well regarded. It’s now a complete mess.

What’s the likelihood new administration will be able to right the course? What will it take?

Considering moving out of state because it’s been such a nightmare- especially with one kid in special Ed.[/quote]

MCPS is going to see its demographics continue to shift towards more Hispanic and less white/Asian.  Especially with rising levels of immigration, MCPS is taking in more students with little to no background in English and many who do not know how to read and write in their native language.  This is going to continue to lead to low testing and academic data.  This data will cause many families, who can afford it, to send their kids to private school and look to move to adjacent counties.

Whomever is hired as superintendent will likely continue the policies of the moment in education, which will lead to further decline.  There's no way the BOE has the courage to hire someone that come in and completely revamp the system and be honest about its problems.  There would be too much of a political backlash.

So if your children are in high school, you can probably ride it out before things completely fall off a cliff but if your children are in elementary school, time to pull up Zillow and find better alternatives to MoCo.  [/quote]

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