Suburban Maryland schools are asking families for patience this week as students return to schools with stalled reforms, skimpy budgets and surplus students.

In Montgomery County, some of the traditionally highest-performing schools, like Bethesda’s Walt Whitman High School, are working to juggle an unexpected influx of students from private schools, said school board member Pat O’Neill.

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