Compacted Math- FYI

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Anonymous wrote:Many states have education bureaucracy looking to eliminate advanced math in the name of equity.
All kids would be in the same class learning grade level subjects. No honors classes, and no accelerating forward by a year or more. Virginia was set to do this statewide, but they backed down for the moment with an election coming.
Looks like Maryland is doing it more behind the scenes.

Can you show any evidence to support these claims? Without evidence, this seems like fearmongering.

Look up VMPI for Virginia. AAP Forum here has been running a thread for 3 months on Virginia to eliminate advanced math.

You can find some detail on California by searching for 'Bill Evers WSJ math'. There is an LA Times article and some WSJ editorials within the past few weeks.

VMPI says there is a 22 state consortium pursuing this. Their website has links to papers arguing the need to eliminate tracking.

When someone sent them an e-mail asking them to confirm they would eliminate tracking, the response was

The Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative proposals support the vision that all students are capable of making sense of and persevering in solving challenging mathematics problems and should be expected to do so. Many more students, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, need to be given the support, confidence, and opportunities to reach much higher levels of mathematical success and interest. VMPI proposals do promote equity and that the practice of isolating low-achieving students in low-level or slower-paced mathematics groups should be eliminated.

Sincerely,
Tina Mazzacane
K-12 Mathematics Coordinator
Virginia Department of Education

You are posting in the wrong group. This is about MCPS and they have stated they are keeping accelerated math. Our principal in MS said they are keeping the different levels. We are not VA or CA so posting what they are doing isn't helpful. Everyone is speculating. They aren't going to get rid of compacted math.

Today. Or Right now. Or because they got cAught trying.

And I understand the problem of low expectations that groups like the one in Virginia are trying to solve. But you make those kids the high flyers too. You give them extra instruction, support and encouragement. You act in loco parent is. It is not a solution to hold the high performers down so that they create behavior problems for the teachers who are trying to do that. And you buy yourself different inequity as people hire math tutors, or sign up for Russian School of Math or Dr Ali. Thanks again Ugh - MCPS - make decisions for our community. Don’t blindly follow the educational community flavor of the month.

What are you rambling about? There hasn't been any changes made to math. And, many of us just supplement with a few workbooks in ES. You don't need to pay for tutors or any of that stuff. You talking about VA for MCPS makes zero sense.

Given that MCPS and FCPS are often compared with one another given the geographic proximity and similarish demographics, it make a lot of sense to look at what FCPS (and VA in general) is doing. Similarly, it also makes sense to keep an eye on the Pacific Northwest when it comes to county politics because MoCo hate to be out-woked be anyone. So if it's happening there, it'll be coming her very soon.

No, one has nothing to do with the other in this situation. MCPS at our middle school has said nothing changes, including compacted math so you are just stirring up trouble to get attention.

A whole bunch of posters have said things have changed, with compacted math. Are they wrong?

It's all unsubstantiated rumor that seems to be the work of one poster.! I'd even ask multiple times for evidence but they just post more rumors. I've stopped taking them seriously about five pages back.

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Anonymous wrote:Many states have education bureaucracy looking to eliminate advanced math in the name of equity.
All kids would be in the same class learning grade level subjects. No honors classes, and no accelerating forward by a year or more. Virginia was set to do this statewide, but they backed down for the moment with an election coming.
Looks like Maryland is doing it more behind the scenes.

Can you show any evidence to support these claims? Without evidence, this seems like fearmongering.

Look up VMPI for Virginia. AAP Forum here has been running a thread for 3 months on Virginia to eliminate advanced math.

You can find some detail on California by searching for 'Bill Evers WSJ math'. There is an LA Times article and some WSJ editorials within the past few weeks.

VMPI says there is a 22 state consortium pursuing this. Their website has links to papers arguing the need to eliminate tracking.

When someone sent them an e-mail asking them to confirm they would eliminate tracking, the response was

The Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative proposals support the vision that all students are capable of making sense of and persevering in solving challenging mathematics problems and should be expected to do so. Many more students, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, need to be given the support, confidence, and opportunities to reach much higher levels of mathematical success and interest. VMPI proposals do promote equity and that the practice of isolating low-achieving students in low-level or slower-paced mathematics groups should be eliminated.

Sincerely,
Tina Mazzacane
K-12 Mathematics Coordinator
Virginia Department of Education

You are posting in the wrong group. This is about MCPS and they have stated they are keeping accelerated math. Our principal in MS said they are keeping the different levels. We are not VA or CA so posting what they are doing isn't helpful. Everyone is speculating. They aren't going to get rid of compacted math.

Today. Or Right now. Or because they got cAught trying.

And I understand the problem of low expectations that groups like the one in Virginia are trying to solve. But you make those kids the high flyers too. You give them extra instruction, support and encouragement. You act in loco parent is. It is not a solution to hold the high performers down so that they create behavior problems for the teachers who are trying to do that. And you buy yourself different inequity as people hire math tutors, or sign up for Russian School of Math or Dr Ali. Thanks again Ugh - MCPS - make decisions for our community. Don’t blindly follow the educational community flavor of the month.

What are you rambling about? There hasn't been any changes made to math. And, many of us just supplement with a few workbooks in ES. You don't need to pay for tutors or any of that stuff. You talking about VA for MCPS makes zero sense.

Given that MCPS and FCPS are often compared with one another given the geographic proximity and similarish demographics, it make a lot of sense to look at what FCPS (and VA in general) is doing. Similarly, it also makes sense to keep an eye on the Pacific Northwest when it comes to county politics because MoCo hate to be out-woked be anyone. So if it's happening there, it'll be coming her very soon.

No, one has nothing to do with the other in this situation. MCPS at our middle school has said nothing changes, including compacted math so you are just stirring up trouble to get attention.

A whole bunch of posters have said things have changed, with compacted math. Are they wrong?

It's all unsubstantiated rumor that seems to be the work of one poster.! I'd even ask multiple times for evidence but they just post more rumors. I've stopped taking them seriously about five pages back.

You are welcome to stop paying attention. However, the rest of us will continue to closely monitor MCPS and the BOE to be on the lookout for this or any other detrimental changes before they become policy. The BOE was able to slip changes in the boundary policy by us (because they failed to notify the public like they were supposed to). Now we have people watching every single meeting.

[Anonymous]

“We have people?” Who are you? Good lord.

Watch the meetings because you want to be civically engaged. Don’t do it because you are threatened by what “they” will do.

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In FCPS, we were told that 22 states are doing the same changes as Virginia. I think you are being naive in thinking they are unrelated.

There are VA section here you can talk about it on. Until it happens, stop creating drama.

I didn't create anything. Multiple people posted that it is happening in MD.

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Anonymous wrote:“We have people?” Who are you? Good lord.

Watch the meetings because you want to be civically engaged. Don’t do it because you are threatened by what “they” will do.

Those are the same thoing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many states have education bureaucracy looking to eliminate advanced math in the name of equity.
All kids would be in the same class learning grade level subjects. No honors classes, and no accelerating forward by a year or more. Virginia was set to do this statewide, but they backed down for the moment with an election coming.
Looks like Maryland is doing it more behind the scenes.

Can you show any evidence to support these claims? Without evidence, this seems like fearmongering.

Look up VMPI for Virginia. AAP Forum here has been running a thread for 3 months on Virginia to eliminate advanced math.

You can find some detail on California by searching for 'Bill Evers WSJ math'. There is an LA Times article and some WSJ editorials within the past few weeks.

VMPI says there is a 22 state consortium pursuing this. Their website has links to papers arguing the need to eliminate tracking.

When someone sent them an e-mail asking them to confirm they would eliminate tracking, the response was

The Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative proposals support the vision that all students are capable of making sense of and persevering in solving challenging mathematics problems and should be expected to do so. Many more students, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, need to be given the support, confidence, and opportunities to reach much higher levels of mathematical success and interest. VMPI proposals do promote equity and that the practice of isolating low-achieving students in low-level or slower-paced mathematics groups should be eliminated.

Sincerely,
Tina Mazzacane
K-12 Mathematics Coordinator
Virginia Department of Education

You are posting in the wrong group. This is about MCPS and they have stated they are keeping accelerated math. Our principal in MS said they are keeping the different levels. We are not VA or CA so posting what they are doing isn't helpful. Everyone is speculating. They aren't going to get rid of compacted math.

Today. Or Right now. Or because they got cAught trying.

And I understand the problem of low expectations that groups like the one in Virginia are trying to solve. But you make those kids the high flyers too. You give them extra instruction, support and encouragement. You act in loco parent is. It is not a solution to hold the high performers down so that they create behavior problems for the teachers who are trying to do that. And you buy yourself different inequity as people hire math tutors, or sign up for Russian School of Math or Dr Ali. Thanks again Ugh - MCPS - make decisions for our community. Don’t blindly follow the educational community flavor of the month.

What are you rambling about? There hasn't been any changes made to math. And, many of us just supplement with a few workbooks in ES. You don't need to pay for tutors or any of that stuff. You talking about VA for MCPS makes zero sense.

Given that MCPS and FCPS are often compared with one another given the geographic proximity and similarish demographics, it make a lot of sense to look at what FCPS (and VA in general) is doing. Similarly, it also makes sense to keep an eye on the Pacific Northwest when it comes to county politics because MoCo hate to be out-woked be anyone. So if it's happening there, it'll be coming her very soon.

No, one has nothing to do with the other in this situation. MCPS at our middle school has said nothing changes, including compacted math so you are just stirring up trouble to get attention.

A whole bunch of posters have said things have changed, with compacted math. Are they wrong?

It's all unsubstantiated rumor that seems to be the work of one poster.! I'd even ask multiple times for evidence but they just post more rumors. I've stopped taking them seriously about five pages back.

There have been multiple posters, including a teacher.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many states have education bureaucracy looking to eliminate advanced math in the name of equity.
All kids would be in the same class learning grade level subjects. No honors classes, and no accelerating forward by a year or more. Virginia was set to do this statewide, but they backed down for the moment with an election coming.
Looks like Maryland is doing it more behind the scenes.

Can you show any evidence to support these claims? Without evidence, this seems like fearmongering.

Look up VMPI for Virginia. AAP Forum here has been running a thread for 3 months on Virginia to eliminate advanced math.

You can find some detail on California by searching for 'Bill Evers WSJ math'. There is an LA Times article and some WSJ editorials within the past few weeks.

VMPI says there is a 22 state consortium pursuing this. Their website has links to papers arguing the need to eliminate tracking.

When someone sent them an e-mail asking them to confirm they would eliminate tracking, the response was

The Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative proposals support the vision that all students are capable of making sense of and persevering in solving challenging mathematics problems and should be expected to do so. Many more students, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, need to be given the support, confidence, and opportunities to reach much higher levels of mathematical success and interest. VMPI proposals do promote equity and that the practice of isolating low-achieving students in low-level or slower-paced mathematics groups should be eliminated.

Sincerely,
Tina Mazzacane
K-12 Mathematics Coordinator
Virginia Department of Education

You are posting in the wrong group. This is about MCPS and they have stated they are keeping accelerated math. Our principal in MS said they are keeping the different levels. We are not VA or CA so posting what they are doing isn't helpful. Everyone is speculating. They aren't going to get rid of compacted math.

Today. Or Right now. Or because they got cAught trying.

And I understand the problem of low expectations that groups like the one in Virginia are trying to solve. But you make those kids the high flyers too. You give them extra instruction, support and encouragement. You act in loco parent is. It is not a solution to hold the high performers down so that they create behavior problems for the teachers who are trying to do that. And you buy yourself different inequity as people hire math tutors, or sign up for Russian School of Math or Dr Ali. Thanks again Ugh - MCPS - make decisions for our community. Don’t blindly follow the educational community flavor of the month.

What are you rambling about? There hasn't been any changes made to math. And, many of us just supplement with a few workbooks in ES. You don't need to pay for tutors or any of that stuff. You talking about VA for MCPS makes zero sense.

Given that MCPS and FCPS are often compared with one another given the geographic proximity and similarish demographics, it make a lot of sense to look at what FCPS (and VA in general) is doing. Similarly, it also makes sense to keep an eye on the Pacific Northwest when it comes to county politics because MoCo hate to be out-woked be anyone. So if it's happening there, it'll be coming her very soon.

No, one has nothing to do with the other in this situation. MCPS at our middle school has said nothing changes, including compacted math so you are just stirring up trouble to get attention.

A whole bunch of posters have said things have changed, with compacted math. Are they wrong?

It's all unsubstantiated rumor that seems to be the work of one poster.! I'd even ask multiple times for evidence but they just post more rumors. I've stopped taking them seriously about five pages back.

You are welcome to stop paying attention. However, the rest of us will continue to closely monitor MCPS and the BOE to be on the lookout for this or any other detrimental changes before they become policy. The BOE was able to slip changes in the boundary policy by us (because they failed to notify the public like they were supposed to). Now we have people watching every single meeting.

Look parents are demanding less crowded schools. MCPS responded by building a few more schools so boundary changes are necessary. What do you want them to do? People claimed they wanted diversity. The only way to do that is boundary changes.

[Anonymous]

Just email your ES principal. Our confirmed that a change was announced, but told me that it still pretty unclear and they are working it out, and that it is their understanding that the schools will still continue to have the last say. My understanding is that the principals were not brought into the loop before this announcement leaked, and there is some pushback from the principals....so the final product may end up being different than what was originally leaked.

[Anonymous]

I spoke to our principal about it yesterday. He said that there are major changes coming but that there has been a lot of back and forth between the principals and central office and he hasn’t learned about final decisions yet. He confirmed that there was talk of a cutoff MapM score but it sounded like there were some arguments about what the score was going to be.

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Anonymous wrote:I spoke to our principal about it yesterday. He said that there are major changes coming but that there has been a lot of back and forth between the principals and central office and he hasn’t learned about final decisions yet. He confirmed that there was talk of a cutoff MapM score but it sounded like there were some arguments about what the score was going to be.

Having a cut off score is reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just email your ES principal. Our confirmed that a change was announced, but told me that it still pretty unclear and they are working it out, and that it is their understanding that the schools will still continue to have the last say. My understanding is that the principals were not brought into the loop before this announcement leaked, and there is some pushback from the principals....so the final product may end up being different than what was originally leaked.

Ours said this was completely not true. Can you please stop spreading rumors and stick to actual facts.

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Anonymous wrote:Many states have education bureaucracy looking to eliminate advanced math in the name of equity.
All kids would be in the same class learning grade level subjects. No honors classes, and no accelerating forward by a year or more. Virginia was set to do this statewide, but they backed down for the moment with an election coming.
Looks like Maryland is doing it more behind the scenes.

Can you show any evidence to support these claims? Without evidence, this seems like fearmongering.

Look up VMPI for Virginia. AAP Forum here has been running a thread for 3 months on Virginia to eliminate advanced math.

You can find some detail on California by searching for 'Bill Evers WSJ math'. There is an LA Times article and some WSJ editorials within the past few weeks.

VMPI says there is a 22 state consortium pursuing this. Their website has links to papers arguing the need to eliminate tracking.

When someone sent them an e-mail asking them to confirm they would eliminate tracking, the response was

The Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative proposals support the vision that all students are capable of making sense of and persevering in solving challenging mathematics problems and should be expected to do so. Many more students, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, need to be given the support, confidence, and opportunities to reach much higher levels of mathematical success and interest. VMPI proposals do promote equity and that the practice of isolating low-achieving students in low-level or slower-paced mathematics groups should be eliminated.

Sincerely,
Tina Mazzacane
K-12 Mathematics Coordinator
Virginia Department of Education

You are posting in the wrong group. This is about MCPS and they have stated they are keeping accelerated math. Our principal in MS said they are keeping the different levels. We are not VA or CA so posting what they are doing isn't helpful. Everyone is speculating. They aren't going to get rid of compacted math.

Today. Or Right now. Or because they got cAught trying.

And I understand the problem of low expectations that groups like the one in Virginia are trying to solve. But you make those kids the high flyers too. You give them extra instruction, support and encouragement. You act in loco parent is. It is not a solution to hold the high performers down so that they create behavior problems for the teachers who are trying to do that. And you buy yourself different inequity as people hire math tutors, or sign up for Russian School of Math or Dr Ali. Thanks again Ugh - MCPS - make decisions for our community. Don’t blindly follow the educational community flavor of the month.

What are you rambling about? There hasn't been any changes made to math. And, many of us just supplement with a few workbooks in ES. You don't need to pay for tutors or any of that stuff. You talking about VA for MCPS makes zero sense.

Given that MCPS and FCPS are often compared with one another given the geographic proximity and similarish demographics, it make a lot of sense to look at what FCPS (and VA in general) is doing. Similarly, it also makes sense to keep an eye on the Pacific Northwest when it comes to county politics because MoCo hate to be out-woked be anyone. So if it's happening there, it'll be coming her very soon.

No, one has nothing to do with the other in this situation. MCPS at our middle school has said nothing changes, including compacted math so you are just stirring up trouble to get attention.

A whole bunch of posters have said things have changed, with compacted math. Are they wrong?

It's all unsubstantiated rumor that seems to be the work of one poster.! I'd even ask multiple times for evidence but they just post more rumors. I've stopped taking them seriously about five pages back.

There have been multiple posters, including a teacher.

I teach compacted math and hadn't heard anything like this either. This is mostly just gossip spread by people who are panicking when nothing has been announced. Just take a deep breath and chill.

[Anonymous]

PP, waiting for the official announcement is too late.

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Anonymous wrote:Many states have education bureaucracy looking to eliminate advanced math in the name of equity.
All kids would be in the same class learning grade level subjects. No honors classes, and no accelerating forward by a year or more. Virginia was set to do this statewide, but they backed down for the moment with an election coming.
Looks like Maryland is doing it more behind the scenes.

Can you show any evidence to support these claims? Without evidence, this seems like fearmongering.

Look up VMPI for Virginia. AAP Forum here has been running a thread for 3 months on Virginia to eliminate advanced math.

You can find some detail on California by searching for 'Bill Evers WSJ math'. There is an LA Times article and some WSJ editorials within the past few weeks.

VMPI says there is a 22 state consortium pursuing this. Their website has links to papers arguing the need to eliminate tracking.

When someone sent them an e-mail asking them to confirm they would eliminate tracking, the response was

The Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative proposals support the vision that all students are capable of making sense of and persevering in solving challenging mathematics problems and should be expected to do so. Many more students, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, need to be given the support, confidence, and opportunities to reach much higher levels of mathematical success and interest. VMPI proposals do promote equity and that the practice of isolating low-achieving students in low-level or slower-paced mathematics groups should be eliminated.

Sincerely,
Tina Mazzacane
K-12 Mathematics Coordinator
Virginia Department of Education

You are posting in the wrong group. This is about MCPS and they have stated they are keeping accelerated math. Our principal in MS said they are keeping the different levels. We are not VA or CA so posting what they are doing isn't helpful. Everyone is speculating. They aren't going to get rid of compacted math.

Today. Or Right now. Or because they got cAught trying.

And I understand the problem of low expectations that groups like the one in Virginia are trying to solve. But you make those kids the high flyers too. You give them extra instruction, support and encouragement. You act in loco parent is. It is not a solution to hold the high performers down so that they create behavior problems for the teachers who are trying to do that. And you buy yourself different inequity as people hire math tutors, or sign up for Russian School of Math or Dr Ali. Thanks again Ugh - MCPS - make decisions for our community. Don’t blindly follow the educational community flavor of the month.

What are you rambling about? There hasn't been any changes made to math. And, many of us just supplement with a few workbooks in ES. You don't need to pay for tutors or any of that stuff. You talking about VA for MCPS makes zero sense.

Given that MCPS and FCPS are often compared with one another given the geographic proximity and similarish demographics, it make a lot of sense to look at what FCPS (and VA in general) is doing. Similarly, it also makes sense to keep an eye on the Pacific Northwest when it comes to county politics because MoCo hate to be out-woked be anyone. So if it's happening there, it'll be coming her very soon.

No, one has nothing to do with the other in this situation. MCPS at our middle school has said nothing changes, including compacted math so you are just stirring up trouble to get attention.

A whole bunch of posters have said things have changed, with compacted math. Are they wrong?

It's all unsubstantiated rumor that seems to be the work of one poster.! I'd even ask multiple times for evidence but they just post more rumors. I've stopped taking them seriously about five pages back.

You are welcome to stop paying attention. However, the rest of us will continue to closely monitor MCPS and the BOE to be on the lookout for this or any other detrimental changes before they become policy. The BOE was able to slip changes in the boundary policy by us (because they failed to notify the public like they were supposed to). Now we have people watching every single meeting.

Look parents are demanding less crowded schools. MCPS responded by building a few more schools so boundary changes are necessary. What do you want them to do? People claimed they wanted diversity. The only way to do that is boundary changes.

The only people calling for more diversity are a handful of east county progressives who want to get as many black and brown kids out of their schools as they can and have them replaced with white and Asian kids. Everyone else in the county (even including most people in east county) don't want to be moved out of their current schools unless absolutely necessary. And if they do have to be moved, they want it to be to a school as close to home as possible. They are not concerned about diversity much at all. This is all in the boundary analysis starting on page 107.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many states have education bureaucracy looking to eliminate advanced math in the name of equity.
All kids would be in the same class learning grade level subjects. No honors classes, and no accelerating forward by a year or more. Virginia was set to do this statewide, but they backed down for the moment with an election coming.
Looks like Maryland is doing it more behind the scenes.

Can you show any evidence to support these claims? Without evidence, this seems like fearmongering.

Look up VMPI for Virginia. AAP Forum here has been running a thread for 3 months on Virginia to eliminate advanced math.

You can find some detail on California by searching for 'Bill Evers WSJ math'. There is an LA Times article and some WSJ editorials within the past few weeks.

VMPI says there is a 22 state consortium pursuing this. Their website has links to papers arguing the need to eliminate tracking.

When someone sent them an e-mail asking them to confirm they would eliminate tracking, the response was

The Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative proposals support the vision that all students are capable of making sense of and persevering in solving challenging mathematics problems and should be expected to do so. Many more students, regardless of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, need to be given the support, confidence, and opportunities to reach much higher levels of mathematical success and interest. VMPI proposals do promote equity and that the practice of isolating low-achieving students in low-level or slower-paced mathematics groups should be eliminated.

Sincerely,
Tina Mazzacane
K-12 Mathematics Coordinator
Virginia Department of Education

You are posting in the wrong group. This is about MCPS and they have stated they are keeping accelerated math. Our principal in MS said they are keeping the different levels. We are not VA or CA so posting what they are doing isn't helpful. Everyone is speculating. They aren't going to get rid of compacted math.

Today. Or Right now. Or because they got cAught trying.

And I understand the problem of low expectations that groups like the one in Virginia are trying to solve. But you make those kids the high flyers too. You give them extra instruction, support and encouragement. You act in loco parent is. It is not a solution to hold the high performers down so that they create behavior problems for the teachers who are trying to do that. And you buy yourself different inequity as people hire math tutors, or sign up for Russian School of Math or Dr Ali. Thanks again Ugh - MCPS - make decisions for our community. Don’t blindly follow the educational community flavor of the month.

What are you rambling about? There hasn't been any changes made to math. And, many of us just supplement with a few workbooks in ES. You don't need to pay for tutors or any of that stuff. You talking about VA for MCPS makes zero sense.

Given that MCPS and FCPS are often compared with one another given the geographic proximity and similarish demographics, it make a lot of sense to look at what FCPS (and VA in general) is doing. Similarly, it also makes sense to keep an eye on the Pacific Northwest when it comes to county politics because MoCo hate to be out-woked be anyone. So if it's happening there, it'll be coming her very soon.

No, one has nothing to do with the other in this situation. MCPS at our middle school has said nothing changes, including compacted math so you are just stirring up trouble to get attention.

A whole bunch of posters have said things have changed, with compacted math. Are they wrong?

It's all unsubstantiated rumor that seems to be the work of one poster.! I'd even ask multiple times for evidence but they just post more rumors. I've stopped taking them seriously about five pages back.

You are welcome to stop paying attention. However, the rest of us will continue to closely monitor MCPS and the BOE to be on the lookout for this or any other detrimental changes before they become policy. The BOE was able to slip changes in the boundary policy by us (because they failed to notify the public like they were supposed to). Now we have people watching every single meeting.

Look parents are demanding less crowded schools. MCPS responded by building a few more schools so boundary changes are necessary. What do you want them to do? People claimed they wanted diversity. The only way to do that is boundary changes.

According to the boundary analysis not many parents are demanding less crowded schools. And with the new buildings you mentioned plus additions and renos not many kids will need to be rezoned outside the areas right around those schools. And they were loud and clear in the boundary analysis. They do not want to be moved just so MCPS can tick the diversity box.