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Anonymous wrote:can someone clarify whether a student has to select one of these programs? Can they enroll in their home school and take a variety of classes including APs but not specialize in anything?

For example, I think my kid would like a humanities program but Whitman is a treacherous commute. Could he just do humanities and AP english classes at Einstein?

Yes, they can stay at their home school. Einstein only has 2-3 ap classes for English. There are not a lot of AP classes at Einstein and the principal is not willing to add more. They may have added one for 10th this year but not sure so they’d have to do IB. They have to apply and be selected to go to Whitman. If they aren’t selected their only choice is Einstein.

Principal blames a lot on “not enough student interest” but doesn’t have effective course registration. We need those policies from OLO Report 2026-2 implemented ASAP!

MCCPTA should take a closer look at this.

MCCPTA has asked MCPS to address this. They need to press Councilmember Leudtke about this since she is the one that commissioned the OLO Report. Why waste our tax dollars to identify issues that parents have already complained about if you aren’t going to do anything to fix them?

Question regarding the above concern about Einstein. Isn't IB good for humanities? What is wrong with taking IB classes for humanities?

Nothing's wrong with it. Einstein has plenty of IB and AP classes in the humanities. Students can take either or both.

And, what about the stem kids? Or, the arts kids? There are not enough of those classes. Why should kids not strong in humanities, but strong in stem be forced to focus on humanities? There is a misbalance e of course offerings at some schools due to principal flexibility and bias. They don’t even offer the classes that are needed to make the new regional programs work and when parents ask they are told lack of interest.

I’m confuse why Einstein doesn’t have the performing arts and visual arts regional programs. Not only does it make the most sense but a Medical Program will fail at Einstein just like the short live Teacher Academy.

Probably because they don't have the staff and course offerings, and the principal is not committed to making it happen. With the limited science, a medical program makes no sense. The teacher academy existed a few years ago at Einstein and was shut down due to lack of interest.

So the principal is the problem?

Part, yes.