Making the most of the MCPS sessions on regional model 10/22 and 10/27

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Criteria programs will have specific metrics and their students who meet them will be placed in a lottery for access".
Admitting that even with many regions and many regional programs they won't have enough seats to meet all the kids who qualify.

Wow, you go MCPS! You have managed to state the obvious truth instead of stating an obvious lie!

Yup. I missed anything about reserved seats for home schools but I'm sure that's part of it too

Oh, I'm not attending but that's one of my biggest bugaboos and I would love if someone asked about the extra seats for the host school.

Also would love if someone asked why the lowest-FARMS school in each of the 6 districts was chosen to host the humanities magnet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Criteria programs will have specific metrics and their students who meet them will be placed in a lottery for access".
Admitting that even with many regions and many regional programs they won't have enough seats to meet all the kids who qualify.

Wow, you go MCPS! You have managed to state the obvious truth instead of stating an obvious lie!

Yup. I missed anything about reserved seats for home schools but I'm sure that's part of it too

Oh, I'm not attending but that's one of my biggest bugaboos and I would love if someone asked about the extra seats for the host school.

Also would love if someone asked why the lowest-FARMS school in each of the 6 districts was chosen to host the humanities magnet.

Only wealthy schools deserve in-depth humanities program. Poor schools get CTE. It's the natural order of things. And home school preference will ensure those programs are populated primarily by students who are zoned to the wealthier schools who will also have the resources to take fancy field trips and such. It's preserving inequities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Criteria programs will have specific metrics and their students who meet them will be placed in a lottery for access".
Admitting that even with many regions and many regional programs they won't have enough seats to meet all the kids who qualify.

Wow, you go MCPS! You have managed to state the obvious truth instead of stating an obvious lie!

Yup. I missed anything about reserved seats for home schools but I'm sure that's part of it too

Oh, I'm not attending but that's one of my biggest bugaboos and I would love if someone asked about the extra seats for the host school.

Also would love if someone asked why the lowest-FARMS school in each of the 6 districts was chosen to host the humanities magnet.

Only wealthy schools deserve in-depth humanities program. Poor schools get CTE. It's the natural order of things. And home school preference will ensure those programs are populated primarily by students who are zoned to the wealthier schools who will also have the resources to take fancy field trips and such. It's preserving inequities.

What about biomedical science program? Is it also located in well-resourced schools? For STEM, I can see logic behind allocating them at HSs with existing resources.

[Anonymous]

They say schools can continue local pathways, but the slide adds crucial text "if they reflect student interest and impact"

[Anonymous]

They keep saying the local programs will stay but the slides say otherwise, it is all dependent on metrics and is essentially TBD by each school and I assume CO

[Anonymous]

How can they call this the "community engagement" they are supposed to do in this month if they are soliciting feedback or even answering questions from the people who take the time to attend?

[Anonymous]

One way communications qualify as community engagement for mcps because they pick and choose the questions they get to answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Criteria programs will have specific metrics and their students who meet them will be placed in a lottery for access".
Admitting that even with many regions and many regional programs they won't have enough seats to meet all the kids who qualify.

They said, and repeated later, that "interest-based" is lottery, not criteria.

You don't need a lottery for criteria-based programs, because they can opaquely claim that the selection process isn't a lottery. They aren't lotteries today, but they are subjective admissions judgments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can they call this the "community engagement" they are supposed to do in this month if they are soliciting feedback or even answering questions from the people who take the time to attend?

They said they will post answers to questions on the program analysis website.

[Anonymous]

I've submitted questions about whether they'll be hiring or reshuffling teachers. I'm sure I'm not the only one and I hope they don't ignore the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Criteria programs will have specific metrics and their students who meet them will be placed in a lottery for access".
Admitting that even with many regions and many regional programs they won't have enough seats to meet all the kids who qualify.

Wow, you go MCPS! You have managed to state the obvious truth instead of stating an obvious lie!

Yup. I missed anything about reserved seats for home schools but I'm sure that's part of it too

Oh, I'm not attending but that's one of my biggest bugaboos and I would love if someone asked about the extra seats for the host school.

Also would love if someone asked why the lowest-FARMS school in each of the 6 districts was chosen to host the humanities magnet.

"anticipate local set-asides for the 'one-school community' model" but was unclear if that was for existing single-school programs, and opening them up to limited admissions from other schools.

[Anonymous]

Q: "new program themes don't align with the existing successful programs."

A: "nuh-uh, they do. SMACS is a Pathway, not a Theme. All regions have the same Themes, and comparable Pathways.

Our premier programs, we want to keep them. Global Ecology is a pathway in "Leadership" theme.
There will be 'comparable' not identical programs. 'Social Justice' pathway is the comparable alternative to Global Ecology, for example "

WTH??!?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Q: "new program themes don't align with the existing successful programs."

A: "nuh-uh, they do. SMACS is a Pathway, not a Theme. All regions have the same Themes, and comparable Pathways.

Our premier programs, we want to keep them. Global Ecology is a pathway in "Leadership" theme.
There will be 'comparable' not identical programs. 'Social Justice' pathway is the comparable alternative to Global Ecology, for example "

WTH??!?!?

Yeah, they are very confidently and comfortably speaking about BS.

[Anonymous]

Slide deck:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DMJHXR4AA9BD/$file/Boundary%20Studies%20Program%20Analysis%20Update%20251016%20PPT%20REV.pdf


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