The ranking system is based on outdated information, marred by factual errors and favors total reconstruction over renovation, according to the July report by the county’s Office of Legislative Oversight, the research arm of the County Council.
Until the report’s release, the school system had intended to keep its list unchanged until at least 2031. But the oversight office found that other large school systems, including Baltimore County, Fairfax County and Dallas, regularly revisit and adjust their construction priorities.
“It’s definitely disturbing,” said council member Tom Hucker (D-Silver Spring). “This doesn’t inspire public confidence.”...
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I also wonder about the "ranking system" to provide services to children with disabilities. I am altering a recent debate statement by Carly Fiorina to explain my feelings, "The potential of too many special education students is being crushed by the weight, the power, the cost, the complexity, the ineptitude, the corruption of the Special Education Division of the Montgomery County Public School System."
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