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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Again, MoCo is hardly perfect but in thinking about these things it is best not to think about your child and your school but look at the district as a whole and it is hard not to be impressed, though there is clear room for improvement.[/quote]

You must work for MCPS. I've looked deeper into what the entire district accomplishes and its not impressive at all. There are significant problems ranging from financial mismanagement to lack of planning and meaningful collection of assessment data against operational performance. The financial problems aren't the type that you hear from the crazy parents groups. Those issues are inconsequential.  It lags behind other school systems in the area in terms of facilities and resources that go directly to students even though it collects more money. Its about a decade behind other school systems.

The performance in the MCPS schools that do not attract the highly educated and wealthier parents is more indicative of its performance which isn't stellar.

MCPS has antagonistic relations with many groups beyond just general parents. They have an acrimonious relationship with the county and state officials resulting from ill conceived, wasteful and arrogant past decisions and legal actions. They have a reputation for playing hard ball with special needs kids and spending more to fight appeals for services than providing services. Its a large insular system that continues to present itself as accountable to no one except itself. [/quote]

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