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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really think the decline is from NCLB. I'm not going to debate the merits of it, but the way it was implemented was flawed. [/quote]

I have 4 kids spread out in age so I have been in MCPS for a LONG time. I agree with you that implementation of NCLB marked a decline in the school system overall, but, it wasn't just NCLB. NCLB along with a massive increase in the FARMS, ESOL, and special ed put us in a tailspin. Population increase coupled with financial difficulties during the Great Recession marked an increase in class sizes that has never gone done. Curriculum 2.0 was a huge disaster, MS curriculum is a joke.

My kids' ES school (in the DCC) is a good example of the population shifts. These are a snapshot of the years my kids started Kindergarten

2004- FARMS was 40%, ESOL=19%, overall school size was only 499 students.
2009- FARMS was 52%, ESOL=27.5%, overall school size 582 students
2011- FARMS was 50%, ESOL=29%, overall school size 645
2014- FARMS was 52%, ESOL=27%, overall school size 653

It peaked around that 653 number but overall student body is still over 600 kids. I think the FARMS rate is back down to a bit below 50% as well.

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