tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post1381912045192386198..comments2024-03-24T12:58:03.207-04:00Comments on East MoCo: MoCo Council budget: So easy, a caveman could do itRobert Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-40416873687651598552016-05-21T09:50:04.966-04:002016-05-21T09:50:04.966-04:00my fingers smell like cheese. my fingers smell like cheese. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-70380396236521840642016-05-20T18:38:27.296-04:002016-05-20T18:38:27.296-04:0012:19: I'm referring to course exams, not stan...12:19: I'm referring to course exams, not standardized test scores - you know, the final exams that such a large percentage of students couldn't pass that - over teachers' objections - MCPS has simply gotten rid of them.<br /><br />You brought up crime, not me, and the fact is that gangs and serious crime are on an upward trend in the last year. Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-50442013229285566742016-05-20T15:03:54.452-04:002016-05-20T15:03:54.452-04:00A couple of points. 1st, teachers agreed to freez...A couple of points. 1st, teachers agreed to freeze previously negotiated pay increases during the recession while the school population has increased. At the time, most cuts that were made affected non-teaching staff and class sizes still rose. Health care costs by teachers also increase. 2nd, which studies indicated that partnerships with high wage employers make measurable differences in student performance or success? 3rd, I agree the new grading system is inane, I think the system was well intentioned, but needs lots of tinkering. 4th, what data do you have to support the claim that new housing is the reason the county has more students? To what extent do you think student population has increased due to the recession (private school becoming less affordable), or the lack of code enforcement regarding overcrowded housing? 5th, MCPS does have the best AP scores while increasing the number of minorities taking those tests, so it must be doing something right. 6th, I think we need to talk more about the need to change school boundaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-54162491881236263432016-05-20T12:19:27.404-04:002016-05-20T12:19:27.404-04:00"Wrong!" Are you illiterate? We're t..."Wrong!" Are you illiterate? We're talking about the past "number of years." No one even marginally educated can look at the last 5 or 10 or 20 years and say crime has gone up in the county. You plucking one category of one year shows how desperate you are to distort reality.<br /><br />Exam scores? MoCo and MD have the best AP marks in the entire country. How do you write a blog, yet not even know basic crime trends and test rankings for the county you pretend to know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-42823943419965904992016-05-20T11:14:12.995-04:002016-05-20T11:14:12.995-04:0010:05: Wrong! Serious crime was up last year, unem...10:05: Wrong! Serious crime was up last year, unemployment rate mostly reflects jobs outside of the County, and MCPS exam scores are DOWN, while the achievement gap has GROWN. Take off your distortion lenses and examine the sad state of a wealthy, highly educated County with amateur hour councilmembers.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-21673872913534131612016-05-20T10:05:40.724-04:002016-05-20T10:05:40.724-04:00Yes, MoCo's crime rate is in decline, MoCo'...Yes, MoCo's crime rate is in decline, MoCo's unemployment rate is in decline, MoCo's office vacancy rate is in decline.... Unfortunately, things like MCPS graduation rate, home values, and per capita income aren't in decline, though. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664019666098561247.post-30271214766637002172016-05-20T09:27:23.662-04:002016-05-20T09:27:23.662-04:00Everything in this post is accurate. MoCo is in de...Everything in this post is accurate. MoCo is in decline and has been in decline for a number of years now and all our county council knows how to do is tax and spend to get out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com