What did the board say about the Regional model and the DCC for upcoming school year?

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

The Black and Brown Coalition must be getting a kickback.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

I agree. On the upcounty side they quietly created a Region 5 magnet with 3 High FARMS schools in it. Crown was earlier supposed to be a part of Region 5. Now that Wootton moved there, it goes to Region 4 (unless they change that) and they took away new labs and a new school from the poor side of Gaithersburg. Unfortunately majority of the parents in these schools try to stay under the radar due to immigration policies and they are not speaking up.

And Damascus which should have been in Region 5, and has a largely low FARMS population, even if they are so far away, are zoned to Region 6 with access to the Poolesville program, the NorthWest Ulysses program, Clarksburg P-Tech program, while QO which is closest to Poolesville is zoned to Region 5.

Money talks.

If MCPS was being fair, they would make sure Wootton is in Region 5, move Damascus to Region 5, move QO to Region 6 and Magruder to Region 4 to balance it out.

+1 before modified H, FARMS rate in region 5 (where QO is) was over 10 points higher than 4 and 6. Reducing QO’s FARMS rate so region 5’s FARMS rate is more equitable with its neighboring regions was the least they could do.

Now they conveniently get to say Region 5 is still good the way it is because QO has less FARMS. But all the other 3 schools are High FARMS - never mind they took away Crown from Gaithersburg families and put Wootton there.

They really need to do something about Region 5. I don't see any strong cohorts for that region.

Then they need to entirely rework regions 4 5 and 6 so every HS has an equal distribution of FARMS.

100% agree. They do need to rework all these regions. I hope they will do that based on proximity and FARMS and not segregate the Hispanic population.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

I agree. On the upcounty side they quietly created a Region 5 magnet with 3 High FARMS schools in it. Crown was earlier supposed to be a part of Region 5. Now that Wootton moved there, it goes to Region 4 (unless they change that) and they took away new labs and a new school from the poor side of Gaithersburg. Unfortunately majority of the parents in these schools try to stay under the radar due to immigration policies and they are not speaking up.

And Damascus which should have been in Region 5, and has a largely low FARMS population, even if they are so far away, are zoned to Region 6 with access to the Poolesville program, the NorthWest Ulysses program, Clarksburg P-Tech program, while QO which is closest to Poolesville is zoned to Region 5.

Money talks.

If MCPS was being fair, they would make sure Wootton is in Region 5, move Damascus to Region 5, move QO to Region 6 and Magruder to Region 4 to balance it out.

+1 before modified H, FARMS rate in region 5 (where QO is) was over 10 points higher than 4 and 6. Reducing QO’s FARMS rate so region 5’s FARMS rate is more equitable with its neighboring regions was the least they could do.

Now they conveniently get to say Region 5 is still good the way it is because QO has less FARMS. But all the other 3 schools are High FARMS - never mind they took away Crown from Gaithersburg families and put Wootton there.

They really need to do something about Region 5. I don't see any strong cohorts for that region.

Then they need to entirely rework regions 4 5 and 6 so every HS has an equal distribution of FARMS.

100% agree. They do need to rework all these regions. I hope they will do that based on proximity and FARMS and not segregate the Hispanic population.

Why? How about giving farms schools more resources instead? Those of us at Farms schools are fine with it. We just want more resources, teachers, classes, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

I agree. On the upcounty side they quietly created a Region 5 magnet with 3 High FARMS schools in it. Crown was earlier supposed to be a part of Region 5. Now that Wootton moved there, it goes to Region 4 (unless they change that) and they took away new labs and a new school from the poor side of Gaithersburg. Unfortunately majority of the parents in these schools try to stay under the radar due to immigration policies and they are not speaking up.

And Damascus which should have been in Region 5, and has a largely low FARMS population, even if they are so far away, are zoned to Region 6 with access to the Poolesville program, the NorthWest Ulysses program, Clarksburg P-Tech program, while QO which is closest to Poolesville is zoned to Region 5.

Money talks.

If MCPS was being fair, they would make sure Wootton is in Region 5, move Damascus to Region 5, move QO to Region 6 and Magruder to Region 4 to balance it out.

QO may be closest to Poolesville but what about its proximity to other schools in Region 6? You realize it’s not just about one school.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

The Black and Brown Coalition must be getting a kickback.

They are. One guy has a huge contract with the county.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

The Black and Brown Coalition must be getting a kickback.

They are. One guy has a huge contract with the county.

I have wondered about this. What could cause Black and Brown Coalition to do an aboutface in the space of a few weeks? It is fishy to me.

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Anonymous wrote:TL;DR - current 7th graders are not affected for MS. They are affected for HS.

Current DCC 7th graders will not go through the DCC choice process in fall of 8th grade but will go through whatever process is set up for the new regional choice programs.

If you are currently at Eastern/Takoma or MSMC and your home address is in a different program Region than the current MS, I would expect your child will have to apply to programs in their home region but I have not heard that exact scenario addressed by MCPS yet

The bolded is why all current 7th graders and beyond are f*cked

I have a current 7th grader and I think this is hyperbole. Yes, next year will likely be a little chaotic, but there are plenty of excellent high schools in MCPS.

The folks I've seen most up in arms about this are (white) folks who bought a house in a school zone with the explicit plan of trying to lottery out. Yes, if your entire plan for HS was predicated on not sending your child to school with their neighbors, you might feel f*cked, but that's a feeling not reality. Your neighbors are fine, and their children are fine, and it will be fine.

Spot on. Saying the kids are *** means you don’t like your options. For some of us the options got better and we are thrilled.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

I agree. On the upcounty side they quietly created a Region 5 magnet with 3 High FARMS schools in it. Crown was earlier supposed to be a part of Region 5. Now that Wootton moved there, it goes to Region 4 (unless they change that) and they took away new labs and a new school from the poor side of Gaithersburg. Unfortunately majority of the parents in these schools try to stay under the radar due to immigration policies and they are not speaking up.

And Damascus which should have been in Region 5, and has a largely low FARMS population, even if they are so far away, are zoned to Region 6 with access to the Poolesville program, the NorthWest Ulysses program, Clarksburg P-Tech program, while QO which is closest to Poolesville is zoned to Region 5.

Money talks.

If MCPS was being fair, they would make sure Wootton is in Region 5, move Damascus to Region 5, move QO to Region 6 and Magruder to Region 4 to balance it out.

QO may be closest to Poolesville but what about its proximity to other schools in Region 6? You realize it’s not just about one school.

QO is smack in the middle so it could go to Region 4, 5, 6.

But Damascus does not belong in Region 6. It belongs in Region 5. It is closer to Magruder, Watkins Mill and Gaithersburg which are in Region 5, so how did it end up in Region 6? If proximity or FARMS was a factor it does not sense to have Damascus in Region 6.

Pretty sure money changed hands since they were with Region 5 in the beginning and suddenly got moved to Region 6.

Mcps thinks we don't notice this but we do.

Magruder could also be moved to Region 4 or to the one where the Olney schools are in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TL;DR - current 7th graders are not affected for MS. They are affected for HS.

Current DCC 7th graders will not go through the DCC choice process in fall of 8th grade but will go through whatever process is set up for the new regional choice programs.

If you are currently at Eastern/Takoma or MSMC and your home address is in a different program Region than the current MS, I would expect your child will have to apply to programs in their home region but I have not heard that exact scenario addressed by MCPS yet

The bolded is why all current 7th graders and beyond are f*cked

I have a current 7th grader and I think this is hyperbole. Yes, next year will likely be a little chaotic, but there are plenty of excellent high schools in MCPS.

The folks I've seen most up in arms about this are (white) folks who bought a house in a school zone with the explicit plan of trying to lottery out. Yes, if your entire plan for HS was predicated on not sending your child to school with their neighbors, you might feel f*cked, but that's a feeling not reality. Your neighbors are fine, and their children are fine, and it will be fine.

Spot on. Saying the kids are *** means you don’t like your options. For some of us the options got better and we are thrilled.

I'm glad you feel the options are better for you. I agree the kids will be fine, but it is legitimately disappointing for kids that thought they would have certain established options that will now be replaced by unfunded programs with no realistic expectation of them having qualified staff. I think the programs are going to be a sh&t show for the first cohort and probably for several years.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing changes next year, or for kids who are already at their DCC/NEC high schools next year. The DCC goes away for all entering classes in fall 2027 and beyond, kids go to their assigned school unless they leave for a specific program.

There are no DCC middle schools, not sure what you're talking about there.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/school-info/downcounty/feeders/

I was asking what happens to current 7th graders who go to one of these middle schools. We are out of consortium and my kid goes to one of these.

You can finish up at your current middle school. The middle schools will follow the regional framework in the near future (date not specified) that the high schools will transform to in 2027.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

I agree. On the upcounty side they quietly created a Region 5 magnet with 3 High FARMS schools in it. Crown was earlier supposed to be a part of Region 5. Now that Wootton moved there, it goes to Region 4 (unless they change that) and they took away new labs and a new school from the poor side of Gaithersburg. Unfortunately majority of the parents in these schools try to stay under the radar due to immigration policies and they are not speaking up.

And Damascus which should have been in Region 5, and has a largely low FARMS population, even if they are so far away, are zoned to Region 6 with access to the Poolesville program, the NorthWest Ulysses program, Clarksburg P-Tech program, while QO which is closest to Poolesville is zoned to Region 5.

Money talks.

If MCPS was being fair, they would make sure Wootton is in Region 5, move Damascus to Region 5, move QO to Region 6 and Magruder to Region 4 to balance it out.

QO may be closest to Poolesville but what about its proximity to other schools in Region 6? You realize it’s not just about one school.

QO is smack in the middle so it could go to Region 4, 5, 6.

But Damascus does not belong in Region 6. It belongs in Region 5. It is closer to Magruder, Watkins Mill and Gaithersburg which are in Region 5, so how did it end up in Region 6? If proximity or FARMS was a factor it does not sense to have Damascus in Region 6.

Pretty sure money changed hands since they were with Region 5 in the beginning and suddenly got moved to Region 6.

Mcps thinks we don't notice this but we do.

Magruder could also be moved to Region 4 or to the one where the Olney schools are in.

Taylor is a wild card and apt to change major constructs at a moment's notice. So just watch what rolls out.The board gave Taylor carte blanche in the approved March 26 resolution - we could have 6 regions, or another number. MCPS said we would have 100 programs across the county - I'm thinking they can't and shouldn't pull that off.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

I agree. On the upcounty side they quietly created a Region 5 magnet with 3 High FARMS schools in it. Crown was earlier supposed to be a part of Region 5. Now that Wootton moved there, it goes to Region 4 (unless they change that) and they took away new labs and a new school from the poor side of Gaithersburg. Unfortunately majority of the parents in these schools try to stay under the radar due to immigration policies and they are not speaking up.

And Damascus which should have been in Region 5, and has a largely low FARMS population, even if they are so far away, are zoned to Region 6 with access to the Poolesville program, the NorthWest Ulysses program, Clarksburg P-Tech program, while QO which is closest to Poolesville is zoned to Region 5.

Money talks.

If MCPS was being fair, they would make sure Wootton is in Region 5, move Damascus to Region 5, move QO to Region 6 and Magruder to Region 4 to balance it out.

QO may be closest to Poolesville but what about its proximity to other schools in Region 6? You realize it’s not just about one school.

QO is smack in the middle so it could go to Region 4, 5, 6.

But Damascus does not belong in Region 6. It belongs in Region 5. It is closer to Magruder, Watkins Mill and Gaithersburg which are in Region 5, so how did it end up in Region 6? If proximity or FARMS was a factor it does not sense to have Damascus in Region 6.

Pretty sure money changed hands since they were with Region 5 in the beginning and suddenly got moved to Region 6.

Mcps thinks we don't notice this but we do.

Magruder could also be moved to Region 4 or to the one where the Olney schools are in.

Clearly you have not looked at a map or ever driven in Upcounty if you believe QO is smack in the middle with relation to the other schools in Upcounty like Clarksburg, Seneca, Damascus, or Poolesville.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TL;DR - current 7th graders are not affected for MS. They are affected for HS.

Current DCC 7th graders will not go through the DCC choice process in fall of 8th grade but will go through whatever process is set up for the new regional choice programs.

If you are currently at Eastern/Takoma or MSMC and your home address is in a different program Region than the current MS, I would expect your child will have to apply to programs in their home region but I have not heard that exact scenario addressed by MCPS yet

The bolded is why all current 7th graders and beyond are f*cked

I have a current 7th grader and I think this is hyperbole. Yes, next year will likely be a little chaotic, but there are plenty of excellent high schools in MCPS.

The folks I've seen most up in arms about this are (white) folks who bought a house in a school zone with the explicit plan of trying to lottery out. Yes, if your entire plan for HS was predicated on not sending your child to school with their neighbors, you might feel f*cked, but that's a feeling not reality. Your neighbors are fine, and their children are fine, and it will be fine.

Spot on. Saying the kids are *** means you don’t like your options. For some of us the options got better and we are thrilled.

I'm glad you feel that way. Since they plan to open 100 programs all at once with no real plan for training, money for teachers, or plan for transportation, I'm not sure anyone is getting better options. The last proposal said bus stops may be from local high schools only which would make programs inaccessible for many. I think they need to do a lot more than shift what schools are in each region to make this work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love how MCPS staff have responded to their anti racist training by deciding being anti racist means being able to dismiss community input on the basis of a person's whitness, continue to avoid genuine outreach and engagement BIPOC communities (like when they announced the regional model is equitable because the two guys that get MCPS funding and run the Black and Brown Coalition were convinced to support it... I wonder how ..), and quietly rig a boundary process to ingrain racial segregation even further.

I agree. On the upcounty side they quietly created a Region 5 magnet with 3 High FARMS schools in it. Crown was earlier supposed to be a part of Region 5. Now that Wootton moved there, it goes to Region 4 (unless they change that) and they took away new labs and a new school from the poor side of Gaithersburg. Unfortunately majority of the parents in these schools try to stay under the radar due to immigration policies and they are not speaking up.

And Damascus which should have been in Region 5, and has a largely low FARMS population, even if they are so far away, are zoned to Region 6 with access to the Poolesville program, the NorthWest Ulysses program, Clarksburg P-Tech program, while QO which is closest to Poolesville is zoned to Region 5.

Money talks.

If MCPS was being fair, they would make sure Wootton is in Region 5, move Damascus to Region 5, move QO to Region 6 and Magruder to Region 4 to balance it out.

QO may be closest to Poolesville but what about its proximity to other schools in Region 6? You realize it’s not just about one school.

QO is smack in the middle so it could go to Region 4, 5, 6.

But Damascus does not belong in Region 6. It belongs in Region 5. It is closer to Magruder, Watkins Mill and Gaithersburg which are in Region 5, so how did it end up in Region 6? If proximity or FARMS was a factor it does not sense to have Damascus in Region 6.

Pretty sure money changed hands since they were with Region 5 in the beginning and suddenly got moved to Region 6.

Mcps thinks we don't notice this but we do.

Magruder could also be moved to Region 4 or to the one where the Olney schools are in.

Clearly you have not looked at a map or ever driven in Upcounty if you believe QO is smack in the middle with relation to the other schools in Upcounty like Clarksburg, Seneca, Damascus, or Poolesville.

And clearly you don't understand the context when you added Damascus to your post.

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I would rather they divide the region into 3 regions. 6 regions are too much.