W Cluster and BluePrint for Maryland

[Anonymous]

I know the Moco Council and MCPS has a goal of tackling the W cluster high schools for equity. they've been able to do it with Wooten and the boundary study.

Any thoughts around how they will use Blueprint for Maryland as leverage to make holistic changes to Whitman , Wj and Churchill?

I know many in these communities have been worried about the boundary study, but i think they should be more worried about the State coming with their equity goals

[Anonymous]

Can you provide a link to which goals you are referring to?

[Anonymous]

Are you a delusional Wooten parent trying to stir some more s***? I am truly sorry you didn't buy in WJ or Whitman clusters to begin with. Nobody has a crystal ball.

The program changes that Taylor has proposed are all based on Blueprint for MD goals. It doesn't seem like Whitman or WJ have been impacted (IDGAF about Churchill so haven't paid attention).

Please let us know what YOU think is going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you provide a link to which goals you are referring to?

if you go to their website , especially around the 3rd pillar and look at their documents on educational readiness, its a lofty goal

https://blueprint.marylandpublicschools.org/ccr/

I dont know how they can achieve these goals without moving higher scoring kids to lower performing schools

blueprint for Maryland is the key driver for our deficit #'s over the next few years, so the decisions will be enforced across the state

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a delusional Wooten parent trying to stir some more s***? I am truly sorry you didn't buy in WJ or Whitman clusters to begin with. Nobody has a crystal ball.

The program changes that Taylor has proposed are all based on Blueprint for MD goals. It doesn't seem like Whitman or WJ have been impacted (IDGAF about Churchill so haven't paid attention).

Please let us know what YOU think is going to happen.

what? you people really hate the W cluster

yes, the wooten move was impacted by Blueprint, so asking how it may impact the rest of the cluster isnt idiotic. Sorry i'm not like you, I dont just accept everything the county does and not try to fight back.

[Anonymous]

Nothing is changing. They continue to get the best courses and resources and the other schools get the minimum.

[Anonymous]

What are the equity problems? Don’t all schools get the same resources? Don’t they all follow the same curriculum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is changing. They continue to get the best courses and resources and the other schools get the minimum.

the better teachers just want to teach, maybe thats why. harder to recruit those teachers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a delusional Wooten parent trying to stir some more s***? I am truly sorry you didn't buy in WJ or Whitman clusters to begin with. Nobody has a crystal ball.

The program changes that Taylor has proposed are all based on Blueprint for MD goals. It doesn't seem like Whitman or WJ have been impacted (IDGAF about Churchill so haven't paid attention).

Please let us know what YOU think is going to happen.

what? you people really hate the W cluster

yes, the wooten move was impacted by Blueprint, so asking how it may impact the rest of the cluster isnt idiotic. Sorry i'm not like you, I dont just accept everything the county does and not try to fight back.

Is that a MCPS school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a delusional Wooten parent trying to stir some more s***? I am truly sorry you didn't buy in WJ or Whitman clusters to begin with. Nobody has a crystal ball.

The program changes that Taylor has proposed are all based on Blueprint for MD goals. It doesn't seem like Whitman or WJ have been impacted (IDGAF about Churchill so haven't paid attention).

Please let us know what YOU think is going to happen.

what? you people really hate the W cluster

yes, the wooten move was impacted by Blueprint, so asking how it may impact the rest of the cluster isnt idiotic. Sorry i'm not like you, I dont just accept everything the county does and not try to fight back.

Is that a MCPS school?

yep

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a delusional Wooten parent trying to stir some more s***? I am truly sorry you didn't buy in WJ or Whitman clusters to begin with. Nobody has a crystal ball.

The program changes that Taylor has proposed are all based on Blueprint for MD goals. It doesn't seem like Whitman or WJ have been impacted (IDGAF about Churchill so haven't paid attention).

Please let us know what YOU think is going to happen.

what? you people really hate the W cluster

yes, the wooten move was impacted by Blueprint, so asking how it may impact the rest of the cluster isnt idiotic. Sorry i'm not like you, I dont just accept everything the county does and not try to fight back.

I'm guessing you don't live in the Wootton district.

The last boundary study was almost purely based on geography, declining enrollment, and lack of funds for a renovation of Wootton. The FARMS rate of Wootton is going from 14% to 19% and kept most of the cluster together, outside of Cold Spring, who asked to go to Churchill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know the Moco Council and MCPS has a goal of tackling the W cluster high schools for equity. they've been able to do it with Wooten and the boundary study.

Any thoughts around how they will use Blueprint for Maryland as leverage to make holistic changes to Whitman , Wj and Churchill?

I know many in these communities have been worried about the boundary study, but i think they should be more worried about the State coming with their equity goals

Boundary changes have been decided and everything seems fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you provide a link to which goals you are referring to?

if you go to their website , especially around the 3rd pillar and look at their documents on educational readiness, its a lofty goal

https://blueprint.marylandpublicschools.org/ccr/

I dont know how they can achieve these goals without moving higher scoring kids to lower performing schools

blueprint for Maryland is the key driver for our deficit #'s over the next few years, so the decisions will be enforced across the state

How about working with lower scoring kids so they score higher? Educational readiness is not a zero-sum game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know the Moco Council and MCPS has a goal of tackling the W cluster high schools for equity. they've been able to do it with Wooten and the boundary study.

Any thoughts around how they will use Blueprint for Maryland as leverage to make holistic changes to Whitman , Wj and Churchill?

I know many in these communities have been worried about the boundary study, but i think they should be more worried about the State coming with their equity goals

WJ is a little bit of a question mark, but take a look at the new high school boundary and make your own determination. As for Churchill and Whitman, those two schools are as safe as they can be. No one is building high rises in those catchment areas, are they? When I look at the numbers of Whitman and Churchill students going to the current magnet programs, I see low numbers. That suggests that people are satisfied with their home schools and don't see a real need for their students to go elsewhere to get a good education. These two schools have been insulated from the regional program circus. That is money for you. I don't see how Taylor can do anything to these two clusters. In fact, he is lowering the class sizes in west county ESs, and raising them in the high-poverty Title 1 ES elsewhere in the county. So, there you go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is changing. They continue to get the best courses and resources and the other schools get the minimum.

What resources do the Ws get that other schools don't? I think the biggest difference in the schools is the parent community/cohort. And, lower income schools receive additional resources from the federal government