Anonymous wrote:It's quite clear that MCPS has a vendetta, for some reason, against schools other than those in the Churchill or Wootton cluster. While other schools are overcrowded or using aging facilities, CSES remains a school serving like 100 kids, and Beverly Farms, Farmland, Hoover and Cabin John have gleaming new facilities.

Anonymous wrote:It's quite clear that MCPS has a vendetta, for some reason, against schools other than those in the Churchill or Wootton cluster. While other schools are overcrowded or using aging facilities, CSES remains a school serving like 100 kids, and Beverly Farms, Farmland, Hoover and Cabin John have gleaming new facilities.

Anonymous wrote:It's quite clear that MCPS has a vendetta, for some reason, against schools other than those in the Churchill or Wootton cluster. While other schools are overcrowded or using aging facilities, CSES remains a school serving like 100 kids, and Beverly Farms, Farmland, Hoover and Cabin John have gleaming new facilities.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I still don't understand why the county allows this if it has been a consistent issue. For those who have lived in the area for awhile--how many years has it been like this? I'm relatively new to the area so I don't really know the history.

I actually work at another school in the county and our classrooms are more than full. Some years it's a struggle to find enough desks for all of the students. I was aware that Cold Spring is a small school, but I didn't realize that the class sizes would be so low when schools in surrounding neighborhoods are overcrowded. I guess it's a good thing for Cold Spring students, but it doesn't seem to follow the "rules" that other schools have to follow.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I still don't understand why the county allows this if it has been a consistent issue. For those who have lived in the area for awhile--how many years has it been like this? I'm relatively new to the area so I don't really know the history.

I actually work at another school in the county and our classrooms are more than full. Some years it's a struggle to find enough desks for all of the students. I was aware that Cold Spring is a small school, but I didn't realize that the class sizes would be so low when schools in surrounding neighborhoods are overcrowded. I guess it's a good thing for Cold Spring students, but it doesn't seem to follow the "rules" that other schools have to follow.

Anonymous wrote:12:12, you are clearly a CSES apologist and a selfish jerk.

Anonymous wrote:The underenrollment at CSES and other places, like DuFief, is a real slap in the face to students and families at other overcrowded schools. Simply put, Starr and his cronies never cared about the RM cluster and only protected Wootton, Churchill and WJ. The other schools were left to rot. The interim superintendent is not going to do anything about this.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, there are some people that sadly think that 1970s style busing works. It doesn't and was a disaster in the 70s. However, regardless of whether you want to engage in a large social experiment that failed once, there is no approved ecumenic and racial busing program in place at MCPS. The voters have never voted for this. People moving into the area have no knowledge that this is part of the program.

It only being done as a hidden opportunity in some random areas which is unfair to those students effected. It wastes money and more importantly is done under the table.

If you and your MCPS buddies think 1970s busing is the way to go then campaign on it. Bring forward a proposal to be voted on! Be hones and upfront

You can add it to your lets protect pedophiles program to keep administrators who allow offenders in schools from being fired in schools platform. Better yet, add it to the we embrace mediocrity and its all about the bureaucrat slogan.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, there are some people that sadly think that 1970s style busing works. It doesn't and was a disaster in the 70s. However, regardless of whether you want to engage in a large social experiment that failed once, there is no approved ecumenic and racial busing program in place at MCPS. The voters have never voted for this. People moving into the area have no knowledge that this is part of the program.

It only being done as a hidden opportunity in some random areas which is unfair to those students effected. It wastes money and more importantly is done under the table.

If you and your MCPS buddies think 1970s busing is the way to go then campaign on it. Bring forward a proposal to be voted on! Be hones and upfront

You can add it to your lets protect pedophiles program to keep administrators who allow offenders in schools from being fired in schools platform. Better yet, add it to the we embrace mediocrity and its all about the bureaucrat slogan.