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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Local property taxes go back to the state and the county. The higher SES areas of Montgomery County subsidize the rest of Maryland as well as the lower SES areas of Montgomery County. Most people in Montgomery County would be OK with this if Starr was leading the school system better. Constant hiding of sex abuse scandals with not one principal held accountable, horrible curriculum, gutting the math program, wanting to end magnets and HGC centers, placing over 30 kids in an ES classroom because they could perform average even without instruction, and his constant self promoting PR and tweets all add up to this school system not being worth funding. Parents have had enough.

Teacher's are not found of him either. He bought off the teacher's union several years ago exchanging class size explosion at average to higher performing schools for a teacher's raise that he couldn't afford to sustain. Teachers hate 2.0 and its worse for them. Not only do they have dish this crap out but they bear the brunt of the problems from it. Now, he has to pay the price and the teacher's union will back off support if he continues to move to replace teachers with substitutes. [/quote]

I think Curriculum 2.0 is an improvement, I don't think the math program has been "gutted", I don't think that MCPS wants to end magnets and HGC centers nor would be able to even if it wanted to, and 30 kids in an elementary school classroom is nothing now. So this parent has not had enough. On the other hand, I don't live in Bethesda or Potomac, so maybe I'm a taker instead of a maker, and my opinion shouldn't count.[/quote]

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