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Reply to "MCPS just isn't so great anymore - WashPo Opinion 9/6/2013"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PP, it's not quite fair to say the only thing you could do to help kids in poverty is give them new parents. I thought the research was pretty clear on the benefits of putting disadvantaged kids in smaller classes, and in schools not completely full of other disadvantaged kids. [/quote] The only thing that research consistently shows is that smaller class sizes benefit ALL children. I think all parents would agree class sizes are way too big across the entire county. [b]As far as schools that are full of other disadvantaged kids, which schools are you referring to? The county spends large sums of money to encourage and then bus high academically performing kids all over the county so these schools no longer exist. [/quote] [/b] If you are referring to economically disadvantaged kids, there are plenty of schools full of these kids. For example, Georgian Forest ES - 76% FARMS http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02786.pdf New Hampshire Estates - 90.4% FARMS http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02791.pdf Cresthaven ES - 70.3% FARMS http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02808.pdf Weller Rd 79.8% FARMS http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02777.pdf You refer to the county busing highly able kids to other schools. Do you mean academically disadvantaged by not being in a magnet? There are simply not enough spots in the county for all the high achieving kids to get into magnets. So, I don't understand what you mean by saying these school full of disadvantaged kids "don't exist". [/quote]
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