School choice is not effective for improving student outcomes. |
| School choice decreases opportunities for those left at low income home schools. Either because they didn't get in from the lottery or because they can't make the commute work. Their cohort gets shrunk. |
Agree but it’s apparently what the people want, since they think that having these regional programs will provide their kids more options. And the DCC seems to have a death grip on school choice. |
You're trying to monolithesize parents to argue in favor of the regional program proposal. I don't support school choice. I think the DCC has some benefits for many students from all backgrounds but overall it does not improve outcomes. I think taking that away and sending hundreds of high achieving kids to Whitman and BCC is a horrible idea. Here is what I think MCPS should do: - A full audit of courses (not programs, that is a lazy way to look at school assets) available at each school - In schools where certain types of courses are not available (e.g. AP physics or MVC), have one of the schools (a school that doesn't already have it) offer it and provide transportation from students' neighborhoods for those courses. This program should be limited to schools that do not already have these courses in place. Schools that already offer advanced coursework in multiple areas, like Whitman, should not be part of any regions) What other parents think MCPS should do has no bearing on what I think they should do. I am an individual with my own opinions. |
Having a bit of main character syndrome there, aren’t you. No one thinks that you speak for everyone. The regional model came about because a lot of people felt cut out of the magnets and the choices that the consortia had. It’s been a topic on this board (for example) in different shapes for a long time. |
I was responding to the following statement, which attempted to dismiss my views on the basis that they conflict with other parents' views.
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Btw you sound really threatened by the above proposal. Are you CO staff? |
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Also I agree with your path forward. But At some point there’s going to be a one school that has enough demand for Guitar 2 and another school that doesn’t and what happens then?
It’ll be the same story. |
lol no. But I guess when you can’t engage on the actual points of discussion, just attempt to poison the well. |
Lady you are the one who responded to my post detailing an alternative approach to the program analysis with the following statements, without addressing any of the points I made.
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I for one am opposed to the regional model and opposed to the consortiums and opposed to the magnets.
Improve your home school while caring about the needs of the whole school. |
+1,000 |
That response wasn’t saying you should stop arguing for whatever you want, which was weirdly how you read it. I was saying that for a long time people have pursued school choice in various forms here in MCPS, resulting in this regional model proposal. What you and I may want apparently flies counter to what many others want. |
MCPS hasn't done much to ask parents what they want. They don't even advertise their survey on their website. What makes you think you know what parents want? It seems like all you want to do is insult and dismiss me. Why is that? Your behavior here is bizarre. |
The troll is back. She baited me upthread. Don’t feed the troll. |