Thoughts on Northwood HS (present and future)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem with the MC2 program is that they recruit heavily for it. At the end of senior year, only about 20-30 kids make it through to getting the associates degree. The majority of kids who sign up for MC2 crash and burn and end up dropping the MC part while also tanking their gpa. It also reduces class offerings at Northwood because so many students get diverted to MC. And finally the successful MC kids spend their entire senior year at MC so it reduces their interaction in school clubs and school activities. Northwood is a school with a split personality

Can you say more about the reduced class offerings? What kinds of classes does Northwood not offer that you think they likely would if it weren't for MC2?

They don’t have advanced math after AP Calc BC and even that class is only one section with a small number of students. They have struggled with offering AP Chem every year because they don’t often have enough students for the class. They are not able to offer AP Physics C. They offer APush to 9th graders which is different than most high schools which offer it in 10th or 11th grade. Northwood has APush in 9th as a double period to help prepare students in the MC pathway. The school needs to be larger so it can adequately serve students in the MC pathway and students who are going only the AP route.