COSA required starting in fall 2027

[Anonymous]

If this is true, this is quite the gotcha for MCPS to pull on those families. I wouldn't put it past them but MCPS needs to clarify officially one way or another if kids who are grandfathered into the legacy DCC/NEC schools now have to seek COSAs annually to remain in those schools, and if transportation is or isn't included as part of that grandfathering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have screenshots of Mullenholz answering my question in a zoom chat with “grades 7/8 and 9/10 will be the first to move”. Then when I replied that MSMC and DCC parents were confused and didn’t know this applied to them he wrote “a school assignment tool will be available soon across MCPS”.

This exchange was on May 4.

Also keep in mind that MCPS already offered people tbe option to move to their new school early.

Chaos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, this is quite the gotcha for MCPS to pull on those families. I wouldn't put it past them but MCPS needs to clarify officially one way or another if kids who are grandfathered into the legacy DCC/NEC schools now have to seek COSAs annually to remain in those schools, and if transportation is or isn't included as part of that grandfathering.

If we go back to earlier discussions at BOE meetings, Taylor indicated transportation would be available to students completing studies at a consortia program outside home schools.

[Anonymous]

Where are we hearing this? Rhetorical - but why would they let rising 6th graders apply for the MSMC if WOULDNT be an option during their tenure?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, this is quite the gotcha for MCPS to pull on those families. I wouldn't put it past them but MCPS needs to clarify officially one way or another if kids who are grandfathered into the legacy DCC/NEC schools now have to seek COSAs annually to remain in those schools, and if transportation is or isn't included as part of that grandfathering.

Agree with you completely. This is LITERALLY what people were saying when they said SLOW DOWN with the changes to regional programming and figure yourself out (transportation specifics) so you don’t end up with people making plans that won’t actually work for their families. MCPS transportation planning folks are also some of the least bright people I’ve ever encountered. Chat gpt could come up with a better set of routes than these people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, this is quite the gotcha for MCPS to pull on those families. I wouldn't put it past them but MCPS needs to clarify officially one way or another if kids who are grandfathered into the legacy DCC/NEC schools now have to seek COSAs annually to remain in those schools, and if transportation is or isn't included as part of that grandfathering.

If we go back to earlier discussions at BOE meetings, Taylor indicated transportation would be available to students completing studies at a consortia program outside home schools.

They say silly stuff like this but it’s not real. Like they say limited transportation will be provided for summer school. What that means in reality is they will provide transportation for special needs students they are required to transport by law, and they’ll direct the others to the free county ride on bus whether it comes near your home or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone else heard about this? MSMC and DCC students will need a COSA to stay at their current school (if it isn’t their home school) when the new boundaries take effect in 2027? And this likely means no transportation will be provided.

Fortunately, we planned for our rising 6th grader to attend their home MSMC school because we don’t trust MCPS. However, I warned anyone who would listen about things like this being a possibility, especially during the budget crunch.

Where did you see this? MCPS said many times that all students in consortia starting next year or earlier will be grandfathered in and allowed to stay until they finish, and that transportation will be provided. That's why they keep talking about how expensive transportation will be for the next 4 years while the grandfathered students are getting the transportation.

If this were true, why would Mullenhoz not reiterate the same message to DCC and MSMC families during the Woodward principal search process? In fact, he said the opposite!

Yes, MCPS is famous for bait and switch moves, such as cancelling transportation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, this is quite the gotcha for MCPS to pull on those families. I wouldn't put it past them but MCPS needs to clarify officially one way or another if kids who are grandfathered into the legacy DCC/NEC schools now have to seek COSAs annually to remain in those schools, and if transportation is or isn't included as part of that grandfathering.

If we go back to earlier discussions at BOE meetings, Taylor indicated transportation would be available to students completing studies at a consortia program outside home schools.

They say silly stuff like this but it’s not real. Like they say limited transportation will be provided for summer school. What that means in reality is they will provide transportation for special needs students they are required to transport by law, and they’ll direct the others to the free county ride on bus whether it comes near your home or not.

Yeah, MCPS and Taylor purposely say stuff that sounds one way but ends up being another when it gets implemented because they're leaving out the fine print in those public remarks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are we hearing this? Rhetorical - but why would they let rising 6th graders apply for the MSMC if WOULDNT be an option during their tenure?

There are 3 MSMC schools, one of which is a child’s assigned home school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are we hearing this? Rhetorical - but why would they let rising 6th graders apply for the MSMC if WOULDNT be an option during their tenure?

There are 3 MSMC schools, one of which is a child’s assigned home school.

We’re out of bounds - I’m saying why would they advertise and let my child apply if she might not be able to compete all 3 years at a msmc school.

[Anonymous]

Wait, I am confused - are you saying my current 7th grader at Argyle will need a Cosa if we want our kid to continue there next year and we will have to provide transportation? We are now getting transportation from Clarksburg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are we hearing this? Rhetorical - but why would they let rising 6th graders apply for the MSMC if WOULDNT be an option during their tenure?

There are 3 MSMC schools, one of which is a child’s assigned home school.

And then there are those of us who are out of consortium and who got in through the lottery. We get transportation now to the middle school except for after school activities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing published that I’ve seen. We were alerted by our AP that they were just informed of this.

It means current 5th and 8th graders will have to apply for a COSA every year they want to stay at a school that’s not their home school. And transportation won’t be provided

You only have to get the COSA approved once. But you are correct — there is no transportation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait, I am confused - are you saying my current 7th grader at Argyle will need a Cosa if we want our kid to continue there next year and we will have to provide transportation? We are now getting transportation from Clarksburg.

This would only apply fall 2027, so you're fine for next year.

[Anonymous]

Slides from the last BOE meeting mentioned "2027 consolidation of bus routes." The regional model info sessions are saying "central stops only, which may not be walkable." So much for the regional programs being easier to access. 🤷🏻‍♀️