Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

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Anonymous wrote:Allowing students to switch schools within regions for various programs (if seats are actually available) will also change the FARmS rates.

I would support a lottery into underenrolled schools for FARMS kids. The question is busing, but apparently there are already 75 bus rides for DCC kids so maybe that is not really an issue.

This is only for kids who are enrolled outside their home school, which means it is their choice. I'm not saying it is the right choice, or a good choice, but no kid has a 75 minute bus ride to their home school.

It's a horrible idea for a number of reasons already discussed in this thread.

it is a horrible idea but one that currently exists for choice programs in the DCC. I guess for kids/families that it makes sense for, that's what they are choosing to do.

I wouldn't want to force anyone on a lengthy bus ride.

It looks like they are getting rid of the DCC and I think that's a good thing.

But replacing it with a regional program model, which at least has aspects of the DCC. but all of that seems relatively unknown at this time.

It’s not unknown! They were clear that kids wouldn’t be lotterying into a school like the consortiums. Kids will be able to apply for interest and merit based programs within their entire region. There obviously will be a finite number of spots in each program. The team shared what courses every single school in every region would offer as a baseline for standard and advanced students.

Thank you. But it’s also now wacky in the sense that maybe you get assigned to a far away “home” school but now you can apply to go to your nearest school.

Yes, so odd. Why bus neighborhoods away from the home school just to let them opt into some other school. Unless there really aren’t that many slots open or you only get a slot to move if you are FARMS or something like that.

Seems like even more busing.

It does! What is up with MCPS believing that kids want to spend time on buses? Do they just not think about this?

This is all opt-in busing. If you want to attend a special program, they will have bus service for it. If you don't want to attend a special program, you go to your zoned school.

Will they guarantee a seat for my kid, if he is qualified? Say Wheaton is our home school and we want him to go to a program at Churchill.

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Anonymous wrote:Allowing students to switch schools within regions for various programs (if seats are actually available) will also change the FARmS rates.

I would support a lottery into underenrolled schools for FARMS kids. The question is busing, but apparently there are already 75 bus rides for DCC kids so maybe that is not really an issue.

This is only for kids who are enrolled outside their home school, which means it is their choice. I'm not saying it is the right choice, or a good choice, but no kid has a 75 minute bus ride to their home school.

It's a horrible idea for a number of reasons already discussed in this thread.

it is a horrible idea but one that currently exists for choice programs in the DCC. I guess for kids/families that it makes sense for, that's what they are choosing to do.

I wouldn't want to force anyone on a lengthy bus ride.

It looks like they are getting rid of the DCC and I think that's a good thing.

But replacing it with a regional program model, which at least has aspects of the DCC. but all of that seems relatively unknown at this time.

It’s not unknown! They were clear that kids wouldn’t be lotterying into a school like the consortiums. Kids will be able to apply for interest and merit based programs within their entire region. There obviously will be a finite number of spots in each program. The team shared what courses every single school in every region would offer as a baseline for standard and advanced students.

Thank you. But it’s also now wacky in the sense that maybe you get assigned to a far away “home” school but now you can apply to go to your nearest school.

Yes, so odd. Why bus neighborhoods away from the home school just to let them opt into some other school. Unless there really aren’t that many slots open or you only get a slot to move if you are FARMS or something like that.

Seems like even more busing.

It does! What is up with MCPS believing that kids want to spend time on buses? Do they just not think about this?

This is all opt-in busing. If you want to attend a special program, they will have bus service for it. If you don't want to attend a special program, you go to your zoned school.

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I realize that the regional programs will be voluntary but the weird options for zoning are not.

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Meaning some of them require going from no bus ride to a 6.5 mile bus ride.

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Anonymous wrote:Allowing students to switch schools within regions for various programs (if seats are actually available) will also change the FARmS rates.

I would support a lottery into underenrolled schools for FARMS kids. The question is busing, but apparently there are already 75 bus rides for DCC kids so maybe that is not really an issue.

This is only for kids who are enrolled outside their home school, which means it is their choice. I'm not saying it is the right choice, or a good choice, but no kid has a 75 minute bus ride to their home school.

It's a horrible idea for a number of reasons already discussed in this thread.

it is a horrible idea but one that currently exists for choice programs in the DCC. I guess for kids/families that it makes sense for, that's what they are choosing to do.

I wouldn't want to force anyone on a lengthy bus ride.

It looks like they are getting rid of the DCC and I think that's a good thing.

But replacing it with a regional program model, which at least has aspects of the DCC. but all of that seems relatively unknown at this time.

It’s not unknown! They were clear that kids wouldn’t be lotterying into a school like the consortiums. Kids will be able to apply for interest and merit based programs within their entire region. There obviously will be a finite number of spots in each program. The team shared what courses every single school in every region would offer as a baseline for standard and advanced students.

Thank you. But it’s also now wacky in the sense that maybe you get assigned to a far away “home” school but now you can apply to go to your nearest school.

Yes, so odd. Why bus neighborhoods away from the home school just to let them opt into some other school. Unless there really aren’t that many slots open or you only get a slot to move if you are FARMS or something like that.

Seems like even more busing.

It does! What is up with MCPS believing that kids want to spend time on buses? Do they just not think about this?

This is all opt-in busing. If you want to attend a special program, they will have bus service for it. If you don't want to attend a special program, you go to your zoned school.

Will they guarantee a seat for my kid, if he is qualified? Say Wheaton is our home school and we want him to go to a program at Churchill.

Probably not. It would be like CES where kids qualify but then need to lottery in from that group. Or they set the standards higher.

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Anonymous wrote:Allowing students to switch schools within regions for various programs (if seats are actually available) will also change the FARmS rates.

I would support a lottery into underenrolled schools for FARMS kids. The question is busing, but apparently there are already 75 bus rides for DCC kids so maybe that is not really an issue.

This is only for kids who are enrolled outside their home school, which means it is their choice. I'm not saying it is the right choice, or a good choice, but no kid has a 75 minute bus ride to their home school.

It's a horrible idea for a number of reasons already discussed in this thread.

it is a horrible idea but one that currently exists for choice programs in the DCC. I guess for kids/families that it makes sense for, that's what they are choosing to do.

I wouldn't want to force anyone on a lengthy bus ride.

It looks like they are getting rid of the DCC and I think that's a good thing.

But replacing it with a regional program model, which at least has aspects of the DCC. but all of that seems relatively unknown at this time.

It’s not unknown! They were clear that kids wouldn’t be lotterying into a school like the consortiums. Kids will be able to apply for interest and merit based programs within their entire region. There obviously will be a finite number of spots in each program. The team shared what courses every single school in every region would offer as a baseline for standard and advanced students.

Thank you. But it’s also now wacky in the sense that maybe you get assigned to a far away “home” school but now you can apply to go to your nearest school.

Yes, so odd. Why bus neighborhoods away from the home school just to let them opt into some other school. Unless there really aren’t that many slots open or you only get a slot to move if you are FARMS or something like that.

Seems like even more busing.

It does! What is up with MCPS believing that kids want to spend time on buses? Do they just not think about this?

This is all opt-in busing. If you want to attend a special program, they will have bus service for it. If you don't want to attend a special program, you go to your zoned school.

Will they guarantee a seat for my kid, if he is qualified? Say Wheaton is our home school and we want him to go to a program at Churchill.

Probably not. It would be like CES where kids qualify but then need to lottery in from that group. Or they set the standards higher.

Then don’t we have the same equity issues - if my kid is talented, shouldn’t he have access to the program?

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For some reason, I think they have a lot more work to do on this. Maybe they should pilot it in the DCC first. Problem is, I know the DCC loves those programs. I don’t mind that they have it and we don’t. I think these unique things make mcps special.

They seem to want to make it very bland and the same everywhere. Granted, I think every school should have plenty of APs.

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Anonymous wrote:Meaning some of them require going from no bus ride to a 6.5 mile bus ride.

The regions don't require any bus rides. Or are you talking about the boundary changes?

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Anonymous wrote:Allowing students to switch schools within regions for various programs (if seats are actually available) will also change the FARmS rates.

I would support a lottery into underenrolled schools for FARMS kids. The question is busing, but apparently there are already 75 bus rides for DCC kids so maybe that is not really an issue.

This is only for kids who are enrolled outside their home school, which means it is their choice. I'm not saying it is the right choice, or a good choice, but no kid has a 75 minute bus ride to their home school.

It's a horrible idea for a number of reasons already discussed in this thread.

it is a horrible idea but one that currently exists for choice programs in the DCC. I guess for kids/families that it makes sense for, that's what they are choosing to do.

I wouldn't want to force anyone on a lengthy bus ride.

It looks like they are getting rid of the DCC and I think that's a good thing.

But replacing it with a regional program model, which at least has aspects of the DCC. but all of that seems relatively unknown at this time.

It’s not unknown! They were clear that kids wouldn’t be lotterying into a school like the consortiums. Kids will be able to apply for interest and merit based programs within their entire region. There obviously will be a finite number of spots in each program. The team shared what courses every single school in every region would offer as a baseline for standard and advanced students.

Thank you. But it’s also now wacky in the sense that maybe you get assigned to a far away “home” school but now you can apply to go to your nearest school.

Yes, so odd. Why bus neighborhoods away from the home school just to let them opt into some other school. Unless there really aren’t that many slots open or you only get a slot to move if you are FARMS or something like that.

Seems like even more busing.

It does! What is up with MCPS believing that kids want to spend time on buses? Do they just not think about this?

This is all opt-in busing. If you want to attend a special program, they will have bus service for it. If you don't want to attend a special program, you go to your zoned school.

Will they guarantee a seat for my kid, if he is qualified? Say Wheaton is our home school and we want him to go to a program at Churchill.

Probably not. It would be like CES where kids qualify but then need to lottery in from that group. Or they set the standards higher.

Then don’t we have the same equity issues - if my kid is talented, shouldn’t he have access to the program?

What equity issues are you talking about? There are lots.

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Anonymous wrote:Meaning some of them require going from no bus ride to a 6.5 mile bus ride.

The regions don't require any bus rides. Or are you talking about the boundary changes?

Yes talking about the boundary changes which do require long-by-distance bus rides in a number of cases under certain options. The most egregious ones are where the kids go from walking to long bus ride.

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Anonymous wrote:For some reason, I think they have a lot more work to do on this. Maybe they should pilot it in the DCC first. Problem is, I know the DCC loves those programs. I don’t mind that they have it and we don’t. I think these unique things make mcps special.

They seem to want to make it very bland and the same everywhere. Granted, I think every school should have plenty of APs.

Changing the DCC doesn't make a lot of sense. Investing more into higher classes, activities, sports does. They can easily make more specialized programs and be more inclusive and add AP classes even if its virtual. Most people don't want their kids bussed. If we wanted Churchill, Whitman, Whootton, we would have moved there.

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Anonymous wrote:Meaning some of them require going from no bus ride to a 6.5 mile bus ride.

The regions don't require any bus rides. Or are you talking about the boundary changes?

Yes talking about the boundary changes which do require long-by-distance bus rides in a number of cases under certain options. The most egregious ones are where the kids go from walking to long bus ride.

Yeah, those aren't happening.

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Anonymous wrote:Allowing students to switch schools within regions for various programs (if seats are actually available) will also change the FARmS rates.

I would support a lottery into underenrolled schools for FARMS kids. The question is busing, but apparently there are already 75 bus rides for DCC kids so maybe that is not really an issue.

This is only for kids who are enrolled outside their home school, which means it is their choice. I'm not saying it is the right choice, or a good choice, but no kid has a 75 minute bus ride to their home school.

It's a horrible idea for a number of reasons already discussed in this thread.

it is a horrible idea but one that currently exists for choice programs in the DCC. I guess for kids/families that it makes sense for, that's what they are choosing to do.

I wouldn't want to force anyone on a lengthy bus ride.

It looks like they are getting rid of the DCC and I think that's a good thing.

But replacing it with a regional program model, which at least has aspects of the DCC. but all of that seems relatively unknown at this time.

It’s not unknown! They were clear that kids wouldn’t be lotterying into a school like the consortiums. Kids will be able to apply for interest and merit based programs within their entire region. There obviously will be a finite number of spots in each program. The team shared what courses every single school in every region would offer as a baseline for standard and advanced students.

Thank you. But it’s also now wacky in the sense that maybe you get assigned to a far away “home” school but now you can apply to go to your nearest school.

Yes, so odd. Why bus neighborhoods away from the home school just to let them opt into some other school. Unless there really aren’t that many slots open or you only get a slot to move if you are FARMS or something like that.

Seems like even more busing.

It does! What is up with MCPS believing that kids want to spend time on buses? Do they just not think about this?

This is all opt-in busing. If you want to attend a special program, they will have bus service for it. If you don't want to attend a special program, you go to your zoned school.

Will they guarantee a seat for my kid, if he is qualified? Say Wheaton is our home school and we want him to go to a program at Churchill.

Probably not. It would be like CES where kids qualify but then need to lottery in from that group. Or they set the standards higher.

Then don’t we have the same equity issues - if my kid is talented, shouldn’t he have access to the program?

Well not really, with CES lots of kids qualify and are talented but don’t get a lottery spot and don’t get access to the program. That’s countywide. It’s a bummer but not worth canceling CES over IMO.

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Anonymous wrote:Allowing students to switch schools within regions for various programs (if seats are actually available) will also change the FARmS rates.

I would support a lottery into underenrolled schools for FARMS kids. The question is busing, but apparently there are already 75 bus rides for DCC kids so maybe that is not really an issue.

This is only for kids who are enrolled outside their home school, which means it is their choice. I'm not saying it is the right choice, or a good choice, but no kid has a 75 minute bus ride to their home school.

It's a horrible idea for a number of reasons already discussed in this thread.

it is a horrible idea but one that currently exists for choice programs in the DCC. I guess for kids/families that it makes sense for, that's what they are choosing to do.

I wouldn't want to force anyone on a lengthy bus ride.

It looks like they are getting rid of the DCC and I think that's a good thing.

But replacing it with a regional program model, which at least has aspects of the DCC. but all of that seems relatively unknown at this time.

It’s not unknown! They were clear that kids wouldn’t be lotterying into a school like the consortiums. Kids will be able to apply for interest and merit based programs within their entire region. There obviously will be a finite number of spots in each program. The team shared what courses every single school in every region would offer as a baseline for standard and advanced students.

Thank you. But it’s also now wacky in the sense that maybe you get assigned to a far away “home” school but now you can apply to go to your nearest school.

Yes, so odd. Why bus neighborhoods away from the home school just to let them opt into some other school. Unless there really aren’t that many slots open or you only get a slot to move if you are FARMS or something like that.

Seems like even more busing.

It does! What is up with MCPS believing that kids want to spend time on buses? Do they just not think about this?

This is all opt-in busing. If you want to attend a special program, they will have bus service for it. If you don't want to attend a special program, you go to your zoned school.

Will they guarantee a seat for my kid, if he is qualified? Say Wheaton is our home school and we want him to go to a program at Churchill.

Probably not. It would be like CES where kids qualify but then need to lottery in from that group. Or they set the standards higher.

Then don’t we have the same equity issues - if my kid is talented, shouldn’t he have access to the program?

Equity is a scam.

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Anonymous wrote:Allowing students to switch schools within regions for various programs (if seats are actually available) will also change the FARmS rates.

I would support a lottery into underenrolled schools for FARMS kids. The question is busing, but apparently there are already 75 bus rides for DCC kids so maybe that is not really an issue.

This is only for kids who are enrolled outside their home school, which means it is their choice. I'm not saying it is the right choice, or a good choice, but no kid has a 75 minute bus ride to their home school.

It's a horrible idea for a number of reasons already discussed in this thread.

it is a horrible idea but one that currently exists for choice programs in the DCC. I guess for kids/families that it makes sense for, that's what they are choosing to do.

I wouldn't want to force anyone on a lengthy bus ride.

It looks like they are getting rid of the DCC and I think that's a good thing.

But replacing it with a regional program model, which at least has aspects of the DCC. but all of that seems relatively unknown at this time.

It’s not unknown! They were clear that kids wouldn’t be lotterying into a school like the consortiums. Kids will be able to apply for interest and merit based programs within their entire region. There obviously will be a finite number of spots in each program. The team shared what courses every single school in every region would offer as a baseline for standard and advanced students.

Thank you. But it’s also now wacky in the sense that maybe you get assigned to a far away “home” school but now you can apply to go to your nearest school.

Yes, so odd. Why bus neighborhoods away from the home school just to let them opt into some other school. Unless there really aren’t that many slots open or you only get a slot to move if you are FARMS or something like that.

Seems like even more busing.

It does! What is up with MCPS believing that kids want to spend time on buses? Do they just not think about this?

This is all opt-in busing. If you want to attend a special program, they will have bus service for it. If you don't want to attend a special program, you go to your zoned school.

Will they guarantee a seat for my kid, if he is qualified? Say Wheaton is our home school and we want him to go to a program at Churchill.

Probably not. It would be like CES where kids qualify but then need to lottery in from that group. Or they set the standards higher.

Then don’t we have the same equity issues - if my kid is talented, shouldn’t he have access to the program?

Well not really, with CES lots of kids qualify and are talented but don’t get a lottery spot and don’t get access to the program. That’s countywide. It’s a bummer but not worth canceling CES over IMO.

CES is a joke. Turn down if you get lotto slot. We did. It's now full of dummies and not the smartest of the smart anymore. Magnets are a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:For some reason, I think they have a lot more work to do on this. Maybe they should pilot it in the DCC first. Problem is, I know the DCC loves those programs. I don’t mind that they have it and we don’t. I think these unique things make mcps special.

They seem to want to make it very bland and the same everywhere. Granted, I think every school should have plenty of APs.

"The DCC" is not a person