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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It is not a diversity issue per se, but certainly this happens much less at the private schools. Not because of wealth, but because kids at private schools tend to come from more stable (yes, better) family environments (intact families, SAHMs, less money stress, working fathers). [/quote]

No, these things happen less in private school because private schools don't tolerate it. Plenty of divorced, stressed families in private schools. It doesn't happen there because you would be thrown out for this type of behavior. In MCPS, its OK. Look at the several posters that race in with 'its just teenagers' or 'this happens everywhere'.  It doesn't happen everywhere, but it will happen anywhere where it is allowed and tolerated. The MCPS complacency for running a piss poor school system is amazing.[/quote]

How many present-day county-wide public school systems do you --or for that matter, most DCUM MCPS-detractors-- have experience with? The comparisons I see on this forum are consistently to private schools, small school systems such as townships in NJ or PA, or the poster's own school experience 2-3 decades ago. Let's compare apples to apples, DCUMers. MCPS is doing well compared to its peers in this region and nationally. Take into consideration both the demographic changes in the school population and the budget shortfalls, and MCPS has actually done very well. Spend some time in public schools in nearly any southern and Midwestern state with a similarly large county school system and you will be favorably impressed with what you are getting for your tax dollars[/quote]
Not really. I have had kids in Orange County Public Schools (Orlando) and Cobb County Schools (Atlanta Suburbs) and do not think MCPS is significantly better than either of them. 
MCPS has the advantage of one of the most educated, wealthy populaces in the US. Strip that away and the teaching, curriculum, and schools themselves are no better than the majority of public school districts in the US. [/quote]

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