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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know how you define well. There are A LOT of safety/security and [b]cultural issues[/b] with the high schools in Silver Spring.

If I had to rank best to worst for black students, I'd say in the DCC:
- Blair
- Wheaton
- Einstein
- Northwood
- Kennedy

NEC:
- Blake
- Springbrook
- Paint Branch

Paint Branch is the most majority black high school population in MCPS but the academic outcomes and behavioral issues are OFF THE CHARTS. MCPS has a lot of work to do to improve the learning experience for black students. They've failed black kids pretty significantly.[/quote]

Dog whistle alert. [/quote]

No. I'm referring to the school climate/culture, which is the terminology MCPS uses to gauge the health and wellbeing of its schools. Go and look at the latest climate/culture surveys for the schools I listed. There are lots of problems.[/quote]

OP-School climate surveys
https://sharedaccountability.mcpsmd.org/SurveyResults/content.php

A lot of the indicators are actually pretty positive for Paint Branch, just like the other schools but the safety question for students does not look great. 59% of students said they felt safe while at most other schools it's more in the 80s to over 90%.

Kennedy and Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg area, not where OP is looking) are also low at 62%.
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In the staff survey, 38.7 percent gave MCPS a C and 32.1 percent gave MCPS a D and 17.9 percent gave MCPS an F. That means 88.7% of staff at PBHS gave MCPS an C or less.

For the school specifically, 75% of staff gave PBHS specifically a C or less.

On the student side, 58% gave MCPS a C or less. And 70.8% gave PBHS a C or less.

Those grades from staff and students don't indicate that the school or the system are doing very well.[/quote]

I don't know why you are so set on dissing Paint Branch. Specific indicators about learning are not bad and in line with other schools.[/quote]

The majority of staff and students are grading the school as a C or worse and you think [b]I’m[/b] the one dissing Paint Branch? Are you ok?[/quote]

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