Lots of petitions for regions and boundaries
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Small text but you can use the QR codes and links for more info: https://tinyurl.com/Vote2Delay https://actionnetwork.org/letters/vote-to-delay-mcps-regional-program-plan Other petition Links: https://www.change.org/p/preserve-montgomery-county-public-schools-countywide-programs?source_location=search https://www.change.org/p/protect-mcps-countywide-magnet-programs-reconsider-the-rushed-six-region-plan-preserve?source_location=search https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2Zc3S2NUumRpyEWHS7p28B5PeKCnfx69pPufgeQoCtbNmVw/viewform https://www.change.org/p/preserve-the-smcs-program-at-phs-and-countywide-magnet-programs-in-montgomery-county?source_location=search Emails: Save_The_Magnets@use.startmail.com BOE: Graciela_Rivera-oven@mcpsmd.org Brenda_Wolff@mcpsmd.org Karla_Silvestre@mcpsmd.org Julie_Yang@mcpsmd.org Rita_M_Montoya@mcpsmd.org Laura_M_Stewart@mcpsmd.org Natalie_Zimmerman@mcpsmd.org Anuva_C_Maloo@mcpsmd.org [url=https:// ibb.co/938rMHKG]  [/url]
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Anonymous
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This is a detailed explanation for one of the linked petitions. It has a list of oversight and accountability items that the Board should demand before approving the program model, e.g. a budget, a transparent curriculum development process, strong evaluation and support structures for all programs.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1swf2VbkJGbQqjubU2SHx1WAFhmgk_v6V/edit#heading=h.bqrz7gd7x5p6 |
Anonymous
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MCPS parents - experts at whining.
MCPS: Here’s a brand new shiny school to replace your decaying, mold filled, crumbling building that falls on your kids’ heads. MCPS Parents: 😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬 MCPS: We’re going to expand the regional programs so more kids can participate!! MCPS Parents: 😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬 MCPS: We were gonna move some of y’all OUT of the Wootton cluster but now, everyone’s staying in! AND you get a new building, which the kids want AND the teachers want!! MCPS Parents: 😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬 |
Anonymous
| PP is an example of the data-avoided arrogance backing MCPS planning. |
Anonymous
| corrected link to the first page of the document: https://ibb.co/938rMHKG |
Anonymous
The regional are a problem for those of us whose regions include far away schools for Stem and are ones we don't want our kids at or we'd move there. |
Anonymous
Aren't the current Magnets placed in places most people don't want to live so to entice them to to send their kids to lesser schools to help prop them up? Not like there are many W parents that can't afford to buy cheaper houses. How is what youre saying different than it is now |
Anonymous
Blair is in the densest part of the county. |
Anonymous
Correct. |
Anonymous
Dense in this case means cheap not desirable |
Anonymous
The whole area isn't cheap but it is where they concentrated much of the low income housing |
Anonymous
In the DCC we have choice for now which means we can see how desirable each school is. Look at the Superintendent's tables for the boundary study and compare the number of resident students in the boundary to how many are actually enrolled. Blair is very desirable. |
Anonymous
Partially true. The magnets are based on a “rising tide lifts all boats” theory. The problem is that the vast majority of magnet kids only hang out with their own cohorts. It’s often a school within a school. |
Anonymous
When I went to Blair the magnets not only had their own building they had their lunch and class bell to ensure they didn't even pass in the halls. They have rolled some of that back due to backlash but it shows you what the original intent and thoughts of the local population |
Anonymous
Yep. So it was to bring in the high SES families with their own private school at public expense. |