Parents of current 7th graders - what do you think about the 6 regional magnets

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in a strong cluster with no desire or need to look outside of it for additional opportunities, little worried about the quality of schools being clustered with us. It looks like they will use us to prop up weaker schools which can only impact local peer group.

It will have zero impact on your school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in a strong cluster with no desire or need to look outside of it for additional opportunities, little worried about the quality of schools being clustered with us. It looks like they will use us to prop up weaker schools which can only impact local peer group.

It will have zero impact on your school.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Got a 6th grader, not a 7th. We're zoned for Einstein and I think we need to move or start saving to go private, since Einstein seems to be getting the short end of the stick and the first year or two of this is going to be chaos.

I don't understand why so many changes have to happen all at once?

I agree. They should do a phase-in so that different programs open on different timeframes. They are biting off much more than they can chew, and students are the ones who will suffer.

I don't understand why they keep doing this or what kind of psychopath knowingly forces constant changes on schools without adequate resources. And then they cry that kids aren't proficient in math or reading. Smh please Taylor DO LESS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in a strong cluster with no desire or need to look outside of it for additional opportunities, little worried about the quality of schools being clustered with us. It looks like they will use us to prop up weaker schools which can only impact local peer group.

It will have zero impact on your school.

It will have an impact on all schools. All schools will have to host at least 2 regional magnets, regardless of whether there is interest in them. That will pull resources away from what is offered by the local school. Just think of Woodward - they are putting a performing arts magnet there even though they don't know there is demand for it. That means that teachers will be hired to support that rather than what the local school would want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What the title says -

Which high school is your kid zoned for and what do you think about the 6 regional magnets and the placement of the program your kid would be interested in?

Since this isn't all finalized yet, I'm not having my MS kid worry about it. They can focus on school, friends, EC, and life. We can talk about this in the Spring/Summer.

[Anonymous]

This is going to be rough for all students in the first year of rollout, actually probably the first several years. It's being rushed and what they have produced shows that they really don't know what they are doing. Rather than phasing it, they are going to roll everything out at once. I feel very bad for current 7th graders who will be the first guinea pigs.

[Anonymous]

I think it's going to be a mess. My 7th grader will likely stay at our home school, but had planned to look at application programs before the regional model.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's going to be a mess. My 7th grader will likely stay at our home school, but had planned to look at application programs before the regional model.

If you have access to one of the established application programs, go for it.

Ask a lot of questions before applying to any of the new programs, though. And ask those questions of the principals and your kids’ middle school counselors. They’ll be more honest. MCPS will just give you a sales pitch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the title says -

Which high school is your kid zoned for and what do you think about the 6 regional magnets and the placement of the program your kid would be interested in?

Since this isn't all finalized yet, I'm not having my MS kid worry about it. They can focus on school, friends, EC, and life. We can talk about this in the Spring/Summer.

OP here. I am asking the parents what they think and not what their kids think or know about.

I am not happy that my kid who is academically strong will lose access to the best magnets in the county because they will be dismantled, and our proposed regional magnet will most certainly be watered down, so kid will have to go to the home school and just take AP classes. My kid and others in 7th grade will be the scapegoats for what MCPS is doing now, just to say that they have done something. Why all this rush? Why can't they just start small with maybe just another 3 magnets and see how that works first, if they really wanted to make the magnets accessible for ever kid in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's going to be a mess. My 7th grader will likely stay at our home school, but had planned to look at application programs before the regional model.

OP here. We would have asked my kid to do the same, but now my 7th grader will have to stay in the home school as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's going to be a mess. My 7th grader will likely stay at our home school, but had planned to look at application programs before the regional model.

If you have access to one of the established application programs, go for it.

Ask a lot of questions before applying to any of the new programs, though. And ask those questions of the principals and your kids’ middle school counselors. They’ll be more honest. MCPS will just give you a sales pitch.

OP, not the PP you are responding to. I wish we had access to the established magnets. Our region got the worst of it. And I hate that RM will not be accessible to everyone either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the title says -

Which high school is your kid zoned for and what do you think about the 6 regional magnets and the placement of the program your kid would be interested in?

Since this isn't all finalized yet, I'm not having my MS kid worry about it. They can focus on school, friends, EC, and life. We can talk about this in the Spring/Summer.

OP here. I am asking the parents what they think and not what their kids think or know about.

I am not happy that my kid who is academically strong will lose access to the best magnets in the county because they will be dismantled, and our proposed regional magnet will most certainly be watered down, so kid will have to go to the home school and just take AP classes. My kid and others in 7th grade will be the scapegoats for what MCPS is doing now, just to say that they have done something. Why all this rush? Why can't they just start small with maybe just another 3 magnets and see how that works first, if they really wanted to make the magnets accessible for ever kid in MCPS.

I'm more focused on the regular school. Magnets will be fine. They've always been a bonus and any craziness will settle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in a strong cluster with no desire or need to look outside of it for additional opportunities, little worried about the quality of schools being clustered with us. It looks like they will use us to prop up weaker schools which can only impact local peer group.

It will have zero impact on your school.

It will have an impact on all schools. All schools will have to host at least 2 regional magnets, regardless of whether there is interest in them. That will pull resources away from what is offered by the local school. Just think of Woodward - they are putting a performing arts magnet there even though they don't know there is demand for it. That means that teachers will be hired to support that rather than what the local school would want.

These are not arts magnets. Look at the guide. They aren’t cut ally offering higher level music classes. It’s in name only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the title says -

Which high school is your kid zoned for and what do you think about the 6 regional magnets and the placement of the program your kid would be interested in?

Since this isn't all finalized yet, I'm not having my MS kid worry about it. They can focus on school, friends, EC, and life. We can talk about this in the Spring/Summer.

OP here. I am asking the parents what they think and not what their kids think or know about.

I am not happy that my kid who is academically strong will lose access to the best magnets in the county because they will be dismantled, and our proposed regional magnet will most certainly be watered down, so kid will have to go to the home school and just take AP classes. My kid and others in 7th grade will be the scapegoats for what MCPS is doing now, just to say that they have done something. Why all this rush? Why can't they just start small with maybe just another 3 magnets and see how that works first, if they really wanted to make the magnets accessible for ever kid in MCPS.

At least your kids have access to ap classes.

[Anonymous]

Are all regional program names fake magnets , except humanities, stem and computer science these main ones?