Second round options for Woodward boundary study

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Anonymous wrote:Can some one share the regional magnet programs in Woodward region?

Art, Design, Performing Arts, Communication.

So with 30% FARMS + these programs ---> Very little numbers left for higher level STEM classes. Woodward may not offer good STEM courses.

WJ with 15% FARMS rate should be able to offer good STEM courses despite school size going down.

Every school will offer STEM but Woodward will also be able to go to Wheaton for Engineering. Impressive program.

Total number of kids intested in courses will dictate what courses get offered. WJ is likely to have MV but Woodward won't have that.

Disagree re MV. Farmland and Luxmanor have much higher percentages of Asian students than do KP, GP, and Ashburton. In MCPS, a very disproportionate 45% of the students taking the BC Calculus exam are Asian. I think it’s possible MCPS considered this as they have this data.

WJ/Woodward , both have 12-14% Asian. Not significant enough to make any difference.

BC Cal will be there in all schools, but high proverty schools without STEM proragms are not going to have higher level courses than that.

Most of the W schools and BCC have MV and other higher level math. That's a non-issue for them.

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Anonymous wrote:So which of these options do people like best?

Option D as the other three don't even come close to solving the overcrowding.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does MCPS really offers compact math in elementary as virtual? It's really bad.

Cal BC as virtual in Woodward will be equally bad.

For some schools, yes and it makes no sense.

What is the minimum nuber of students needed to have in person class for comapct math or Cal BC? Anyone knows.

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Anonymous wrote:Can some one share the regional magnet programs in Woodward region?

Art, Design, Performing Arts, Communication.

So with 30% FARMS + these programs ---> Very little numbers left for higher level STEM classes. Woodward may not offer good STEM courses.

WJ with 15% FARMS rate should be able to offer good STEM courses despite school size going down.

Every school will offer STEM but Woodward will also be able to go to Wheaton for Engineering. Impressive program.

Total number of kids intested in courses will dictate what courses get offered. WJ is likely to have MV but Woodward won't have that.

Disagree re MV. Farmland and Luxmanor have much higher percentages of Asian students than do KP, GP, and Ashburton. In MCPS, a very disproportionate 45% of the students taking the BC Calculus exam are Asian. I think it’s possible MCPS considered this as they have this data.

WJ/Woodward , both have 12-14% Asian. Not significant enough to make any difference.

BC Cal will be there in all schools, but high proverty schools without STEM proragms are not going to have higher level courses than that.

Most of the W schools and BCC have MV and other higher level math. That's a non-issue for them.

Yes, it's a non-issue for Whitman, Churchill, Wootton, WJ.

[Anonymous]

One thing I don't understand. There is an oppurtunity to create two well balanced schools without any issue with distance, and yet MCPS wants to convert WJ to second Whitman.

I can see the point of not busing kids to balance anything, but Woodward and WJ are next to each other on same Gerogetown rd. It will take 2 minutes extra either way on bus no matter the direction.

I am not in WJ or Woodward, but it's a low hanging fruit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does MCPS really offers compact math in elementary as virtual? It's really bad.

Cal BC as virtual in Woodward will be equally bad.

For some schools, yes and it makes no sense.

What is the minimum nuber of students needed to have in person class for comapct math or Cal BC? Anyone knows.

They all have BC, or almost all. It depends on the principal. Some classes can have 5-10 students, others not.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing I don't understand. There is an oppurtunity to create two well balanced schools without any issue with distance, and yet MCPS wants to convert WJ to second Whitman.

I can see the point of not busing kids to balance anything, but Woodward and WJ are next to each other on same Gerogetown rd. It will take 2 minutes extra either way on bus no matter the direction.

I am not in WJ or Woodward, but it's a low hanging fruit.

This is doing something to say you are doing something without making any changes or real fixes. The lower income school have no issue with the low income families. Its the rich families at others schools pretending to be woke but not actually wanting their housekeepers kids at their schools which is why they live where they live. Instead of all this just provide more offerings at all schools and make them equal.

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Anonymous wrote:Does MCPS really offers compact math in elementary as virtual? It's really bad.

Cal BC as virtual in Woodward will be equally bad.

For some schools, yes and it makes no sense.

What is the minimum nuber of students needed to have in person class for comapct math or Cal BC? Anyone knows.

They all have BC, or almost all. It depends on the principal. Some classes can have 5-10 students, others not.

It depends on if they have enough teachers and classrooms available to be able to have a class that small. This can vary from one year to the next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does MCPS really offers compact math in elementary as virtual? It's really bad.

Cal BC as virtual in Woodward will be equally bad.

For some schools, yes and it makes no sense.

What is the minimum nuber of students needed to have in person class for comapct math or Cal BC? Anyone knows.

They all have BC, or almost all. It depends on the principal. Some classes can have 5-10 students, others not.

It shouldn't depend on principal. Cal BS, Physics C etc should be in all HS.

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Option B should be the winner.

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Are there many students in advanced math classes in Tilden? Do they offer Algebra 1 to 6th grade? Do they offer Algebra 2 in house or send the students to WJ for it?

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Anonymous wrote:Are there many students in advanced math classes in Tilden? Do they offer Algebra 1 to 6th grade? Do they offer Algebra 2 in house or send the students to WJ for it?

My kids are no longer in Tilden, but I recall Tilden being weaker than NB. That was 10-12 years back.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does MCPS really offers compact math in elementary as virtual? It's really bad.

Cal BC as virtual in Woodward will be equally bad.

For some schools, yes and it makes no sense.

What is the minimum nuber of students needed to have in person class for comapct math or Cal BC? Anyone knows.

They all have BC, or almost all. It depends on the principal. Some classes can have 5-10 students, others not.

It depends on if they have enough teachers and classrooms available to be able to have a class that small. This can vary from one year to the next.

It depends more on the principle.

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Anonymous wrote:Option B should be the winner.

+1,000

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Anonymous wrote:Option B should be the winner.

Option B has Kennedy at 107.6% and Woodward at 74.7% utilization. That's ridiculous.