Regional Model Numbers?
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Anonymous
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I’m trying to figure out how many students will get into programs in the regional model MCPS is proposing. They haven’t given definite numbers but they told the county council that they want to have one section for the CTE programs and 2-3 sections of the academic programs. I assume a section means one class worth, so about 30 students.
I made some guesses about how many students would be in each program. That comes to 2,400 program seats per region/600 program seats per grade (14,000 countywide/3,600 per grade). That’s a definitely big increase for a lot of schools, but it sucks for the DCC and NEC. I read that about 1,000 kids per year pick a school that isn’t their home school in the DCC. I think it’s about 700 in the NEC. Most of them pick based on the academy programs at each school, which are about the same as all the programs MCPS want to create. I don’t get how MCPS can call this equity when it’s such a big loss of choice and options for so many kids. IB - 360 (90 oer grade) Humanities -240 (60 per grade) Science, Math, Computer Science -360 (90 per grade) Languages - 120 (30 per grade) Medical Science - 240 (60 per grade) Engineering - 240 (30 per grade) Communications - 120 (30 per grade) Leadership - 120 (30 per grade) Public Service - 120 (30 per grade) Education - 120 (30 per grade) Art - 120 (30 per grade) Design - 120 (30 per grade) Performing Arts - 120 (30 per grade) Healthcare - 120 (30 per grade) |
Anonymous
Good question. And this is just one of many questions that should be answered before any plan is approved. The public, BOE, and council needs to know if the proposal actually improves equity. Many proposals sound good on paper. Vigorous public debate will unearth whether this is actually a good plan. MCPS is trying to ram this proposal through in December, but few know about this proposal, and even fewer know how to give feedback. Apparently all the public can do is press the Ask a Question button on their programs analysis website. After this, we have to trust MCPS will post the answer in their FAQs. This is not anyone’s idea of a vigorous debate. |
Anonymous
| Op, you have done more thinking about this important question than central office employees leading this work have. |
Anonymous
Wait, so by your own numbers 1000 students in the DCC /NEC choose a different school. Meanwhile how many other students have no choice at all? How many other schools have no programming? By your own numbers the seats increase giving more students in every region greater access to programs. How much is the current DCC or NEC costing in transportation? There are some definite open questions and some uncomfortable realities and changes that people will have to face. But I wouldn’t say less equity is one of those. |
Anonymous
| OP ,. Your numbers are very estimated and they loosely match between consortia and the new regional model. |
Anonymous
Quotes from the 2016 report MCPS commissioned to review magnets and consortia. The magnet numbers are for the 13 middle and high school programs available at that time, so roughly the same number of programs planned for a single region. Obviously, the costs would be higher today but it’s an interesting point to consider. "The additional incremental costs for staffing and transportation associated with the magnet and application programs for the 2015–16 school was approximately $3,938,093. These costs include resources for testing and selection of students, district-level staff and program resources, school-based staff allocations, staff training, membership in recognized gifted and talented organizations, IB annual membership dues (for Richard Montgomery HS), office supplies, and local travel to support program implementation. The costs also include transportation for students using centralized stops on 21.82 additional bus routes.” "The additional incremental costs for staffing and transportation associated with both the NEC and DCC high school consortia for the 2015–16 school year total approximately $2,672,030. This includes approximately $1,045,964 for the NEC and $1,626,066 for the DCC. The costs include resources to conduct the lottery and support membership dues and fees for signature programs and academy themes; incremental staffing to support the programs; and additional incremental transportation costs for bus routes." https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/info/choice/choicestudyreport-version2-20160307.pdf |