10/16 Board of Ed meeting

[Anonymous]

Why separating music out of theatre and dance? That doesn’t make sense at all…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF, they're going to put the humanities region 1 program in freaking Whitman? That is outrageous.

Apparently they managed to make their plan even worse. It's totally inappropriate to give a rich school like Whitman an academic program like humanities-- those should go to schools that need help drawing/keeping advanced kids to support demand for advanc classes. And Whitman is so far away that few folks are going to go there, except maybe the most well-off who can drive that far or give their kids cars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why separating music out of theatre and dance? That doesn’t make sense at all…

Trying to throw Einstein the smallest possible bone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Taylor claims MoCo community is "aligned" on equity LOL

He needs to define what he considers equity.

[Anonymous]

You've got to respect their cojones. The community says quite clearly "Slow down" and they "Yes of course, we hear you, we will now be moving faster"

[Anonymous]

Again, to increase access does not require a half-baked regional program. MCPS can add more programs to parts of the county where there is demand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor claims MoCo community is "aligned" on equity LOL

He needs to define what he considers equity.

Separate but unequal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If MCPS's goal is to stop fighting for seats for magnet programs, it can just add programs. It does not need to enact a regional model.

Or, they can have advanced and equal course offerings at all schools.

[Anonymous]

So Northwood will have theater and dance and that's it?

[Anonymous]

^ For a brand-new 2000+ student high school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are proposing folding education into public service.

For region 1, humanities moves to Whitman, medical science + healthcare moves to Einstein, Performing arts is split and Einstein gets music and Northwood keeps theater and dance

That's unfair to the kids who do multiple - and do music, theater and dance as its all interconnected.

[Anonymous]

Missed the meeting but are there slides posted (or will there be)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are proposing folding education into public service.

For region 1, humanities moves to Whitman, medical science + healthcare moves to Einstein, Performing arts is split and Einstein gets music and Northwood keeps theater and dance

That's unfair to the kids who do multiple - and do music, theater and dance as its all interconnected.

It says Einstein keeps VAPA which would presumably include all of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Missed the meeting but are there slides posted (or will there be)?

It’s still going on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So Northwood will have theater and dance and that's it?

Northwood should have the humanities program. Not frigging Whitman! My goodness, how out of touch are they?