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Ask the Super and BOE to separate the program study from the boundary study

+1 pretty much no one thinks ramming these changes through is a good idea. Sign the petition--make your voice heard!

Don't sign. More delays is a waste. You just want to hoard programs. The county is larger than DCC.

The DCC was created because the schools lacked the classes and opportunities that the W schools have. With the regional plan, the W schools continue to have the better classes and resources and the DCC and other schools will continue to go without to make them strong schools.

Again, the county is more than the DCC and the W’s.

There are regions throughout the county under this proposal. The goal is to give more kids access to programs and strengthen home schools.

With the regional plan formerly DCC schools will host programs and have access to programs at other schools just like they do now.

And slowing down or stopping the regional model means that other areas without programs or school choice continue to not have programs or school choice.

School choice is not effective for improving student outcomes.

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.

Btw you sound really threatened by the above proposal. Are you CO staff?

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.

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

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.

Even if they do ask most parents won't respond. Nobody knows what "most" MCPS parents want. I suspect that "most" MCPS parents do not care.

Okay so do we know what most parents want? No. It stands to reason, then, that ideas shared by individual posters in DCUM cannot be dismissed on the basis that they are "contrary to what most parents want". Anyone who says that is just trying to dismiss ideas that they themselves do not like.

I personally do not like the consortia, magnets, or regions. However, other people also strongly fight for those things.

I don't like them either. But I think if we have them, they should be accessible to all in the county. The regional model appears to do that.

We are hearing a lot of opposition from people who are in the DCC. I think they should remember that the county is larger than the DCC and W schools and that MCPS has a duty to provide for all students.

Well yeah the DCC is going to be most impacted by this, but many of the concerns go beyond not wanting to lose the DCC. If you want to ignore those points just because you think DCC parents are self-involved for speaking out, that's a you problem.

Is NEC staying intact?

The NEC doesn't have the same amount of choice or of programs as the DCC

That seems unfair

It sure is. Putting magnet programs in schools that already have tons of wealthy and high achieving students and advanced coursework in math, science, and engineering that other schools do not have is also unfair. But you don't care about rich schools having more stuff than the DCC. You are only here to try to dismiss and discredit the real concerns that DCC parents have about this rushed and haphazard program proposal that Thomas seems determined to ram through.

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Ask the Super and BOE to separate the program study from the boundary study

+1 pretty much no one thinks ramming these changes through is a good idea. Sign the petition--make your voice heard!

Don't sign. More delays is a waste. You just want to hoard programs. The county is larger than DCC.

The DCC was created because the schools lacked the classes and opportunities that the W schools have. With the regional plan, the W schools continue to have the better classes and resources and the DCC and other schools will continue to go without to make them strong schools.

Again, the county is more than the DCC and the W’s.

There are regions throughout the county under this proposal. The goal is to give more kids access to programs and strengthen home schools.

With the regional plan formerly DCC schools will host programs and have access to programs at other schools just like they do now.

And slowing down or stopping the regional model means that other areas without programs or school choice continue to not have programs or school choice.

School choice is not effective for improving student outcomes.

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.

Btw you sound really threatened by the above proposal. Are you CO staff?

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.

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

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.

Even if they do ask most parents won't respond. Nobody knows what "most" MCPS parents want. I suspect that "most" MCPS parents do not care.

Okay so do we know what most parents want? No. It stands to reason, then, that ideas shared by individual posters in DCUM cannot be dismissed on the basis that they are "contrary to what most parents want". Anyone who says that is just trying to dismiss ideas that they themselves do not like.

I personally do not like the consortia, magnets, or regions. However, other people also strongly fight for those things.

I don't like them either. But I think if we have them, they should be accessible to all in the county. The regional model appears to do that.

We are hearing a lot of opposition from people who are in the DCC. I think they should remember that the county is larger than the DCC and W schools and that MCPS has a duty to provide for all students.

Well yeah the DCC is going to be most impacted by this, but many of the concerns go beyond not wanting to lose the DCC. If you want to ignore those points just because you think DCC parents are self-involved for speaking out, that's a you problem.

Is NEC staying intact?

The NEC doesn't have the same amount of choice or of programs as the DCC

That seems unfair

It sure is. Putting magnet programs in schools that already have tons of wealthy and high achieving students and advanced coursework in math, science, and engineering that other schools do not have is also unfair. But you don't care about rich schools having more stuff than the DCC. You are only here to try to dismiss and discredit the real concerns that DCC parents have about this rushed and haphazard program proposal that Thomas seems determined to ram through.

I agree the program is rushed and haphazard and at the end of the day, many kids will be negatively affected and few positively affected. But it’s tiresome that “DCC parents” think they are the only victims and everything is unfair for them and fair for everyone else.

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Ask the Super and BOE to separate the program study from the boundary study

+1 pretty much no one thinks ramming these changes through is a good idea. Sign the petition--make your voice heard!

Don't sign. More delays is a waste. You just want to hoard programs. The county is larger than DCC.

The DCC was created because the schools lacked the classes and opportunities that the W schools have. With the regional plan, the W schools continue to have the better classes and resources and the DCC and other schools will continue to go without to make them strong schools.

Again, the county is more than the DCC and the W’s.

There are regions throughout the county under this proposal. The goal is to give more kids access to programs and strengthen home schools.

With the regional plan formerly DCC schools will host programs and have access to programs at other schools just like they do now.

And slowing down or stopping the regional model means that other areas without programs or school choice continue to not have programs or school choice.

School choice is not effective for improving student outcomes.

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.

Btw you sound really threatened by the above proposal. Are you CO staff?

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.

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

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.

Even if they do ask most parents won't respond. Nobody knows what "most" MCPS parents want. I suspect that "most" MCPS parents do not care.

Okay so do we know what most parents want? No. It stands to reason, then, that ideas shared by individual posters in DCUM cannot be dismissed on the basis that they are "contrary to what most parents want". Anyone who says that is just trying to dismiss ideas that they themselves do not like.

I personally do not like the consortia, magnets, or regions. However, other people also strongly fight for those things.

I don't like them either. But I think if we have them, they should be accessible to all in the county. The regional model appears to do that.

We are hearing a lot of opposition from people who are in the DCC. I think they should remember that the county is larger than the DCC and W schools and that MCPS has a duty to provide for all students.

Well yeah the DCC is going to be most impacted by this, but many of the concerns go beyond not wanting to lose the DCC. If you want to ignore those points just because you think DCC parents are self-involved for speaking out, that's a you problem.

Is NEC staying intact?

The NEC doesn't have the same amount of choice or of programs as the DCC

That seems unfair

It sure is. Putting magnet programs in schools that already have tons of wealthy and high achieving students and advanced coursework in math, science, and engineering that other schools do not have is also unfair. But you don't care about rich schools having more stuff than the DCC. You are only here to try to dismiss and discredit the real concerns that DCC parents have about this rushed and haphazard program proposal that Thomas seems determined to ram through.

I agree the program is rushed and haphazard and at the end of the day, many kids will be negatively affected and few positively affected. But it’s tiresome that “DCC parents” think they are the only victims and everything is unfair for them and fair for everyone else.

Wow, okay. I'm sorry you don't like that DCC parents are pointing out that in Region 1, Whitman and BCC already have so much and are getting more, while Einstein, Northwood and Blair are only losing things. We're not going to shut up because you don't like us for whatever reason, which I don't think you're being honest about.

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Ask the Super and BOE to separate the program study from the boundary study

+1 pretty much no one thinks ramming these changes through is a good idea. Sign the petition--make your voice heard!

Don't sign. More delays is a waste. You just want to hoard programs. The county is larger than DCC.

The DCC was created because the schools lacked the classes and opportunities that the W schools have. With the regional plan, the W schools continue to have the better classes and resources and the DCC and other schools will continue to go without to make them strong schools.

Again, the county is more than the DCC and the W’s.

There are regions throughout the county under this proposal. The goal is to give more kids access to programs and strengthen home schools.

With the regional plan formerly DCC schools will host programs and have access to programs at other schools just like they do now.

And slowing down or stopping the regional model means that other areas without programs or school choice continue to not have programs or school choice.

School choice is not effective for improving student outcomes.

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.

Btw you sound really threatened by the above proposal. Are you CO staff?

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.

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

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.

Even if they do ask most parents won't respond. Nobody knows what "most" MCPS parents want. I suspect that "most" MCPS parents do not care.

Okay so do we know what most parents want? No. It stands to reason, then, that ideas shared by individual posters in DCUM cannot be dismissed on the basis that they are "contrary to what most parents want". Anyone who says that is just trying to dismiss ideas that they themselves do not like.

I personally do not like the consortia, magnets, or regions. However, other people also strongly fight for those things.

I don't like them either. But I think if we have them, they should be accessible to all in the county. The regional model appears to do that.

We are hearing a lot of opposition from people who are in the DCC. I think they should remember that the county is larger than the DCC and W schools and that MCPS has a duty to provide for all students.

Well yeah the DCC is going to be most impacted by this, but many of the concerns go beyond not wanting to lose the DCC. If you want to ignore those points just because you think DCC parents are self-involved for speaking out, that's a you problem.

Is NEC staying intact?

The NEC doesn't have the same amount of choice or of programs as the DCC

That seems unfair

It sure is. Putting magnet programs in schools that already have tons of wealthy and high achieving students and advanced coursework in math, science, and engineering that other schools do not have is also unfair. But you don't care about rich schools having more stuff than the DCC. You are only here to try to dismiss and discredit the real concerns that DCC parents have about this rushed and haphazard program proposal that Thomas seems determined to ram through.

I agree the program is rushed and haphazard and at the end of the day, many kids will be negatively affected and few positively affected. But it’s tiresome that “DCC parents” think they are the only victims and everything is unfair for them and fair for everyone else.

Wow, okay. I'm sorry you don't like that DCC parents are pointing out that in Region 1, Whitman and BCC already have so much and are getting more, while Einstein, Northwood and Blair are only losing things. We're not going to shut up because you don't like us for whatever reason, which I don't think you're being honest about.

It is obvious to everyone that you are going to repeat the same thing over and over again and only see the situation as glass half empty for yourself. The lady who referenced main character syndrome was not so off base.

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Ask the Super and BOE to separate the program study from the boundary study

+1 pretty much no one thinks ramming these changes through is a good idea. Sign the petition--make your voice heard!

Don't sign. More delays is a waste. You just want to hoard programs. The county is larger than DCC.

The DCC was created because the schools lacked the classes and opportunities that the W schools have. With the regional plan, the W schools continue to have the better classes and resources and the DCC and other schools will continue to go without to make them strong schools.

Again, the county is more than the DCC and the W’s.

There are regions throughout the county under this proposal. The goal is to give more kids access to programs and strengthen home schools.

With the regional plan formerly DCC schools will host programs and have access to programs at other schools just like they do now.

And slowing down or stopping the regional model means that other areas without programs or school choice continue to not have programs or school choice.

School choice is not effective for improving student outcomes.

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.

Btw you sound really threatened by the above proposal. Are you CO staff?

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.

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

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.

Even if they do ask most parents won't respond. Nobody knows what "most" MCPS parents want. I suspect that "most" MCPS parents do not care.

Okay so do we know what most parents want? No. It stands to reason, then, that ideas shared by individual posters in DCUM cannot be dismissed on the basis that they are "contrary to what most parents want". Anyone who says that is just trying to dismiss ideas that they themselves do not like.

I personally do not like the consortia, magnets, or regions. However, other people also strongly fight for those things.

I don't like them either. But I think if we have them, they should be accessible to all in the county. The regional model appears to do that.

We are hearing a lot of opposition from people who are in the DCC. I think they should remember that the county is larger than the DCC and W schools and that MCPS has a duty to provide for all students.

Well yeah the DCC is going to be most impacted by this, but many of the concerns go beyond not wanting to lose the DCC. If you want to ignore those points just because you think DCC parents are self-involved for speaking out, that's a you problem.

Is NEC staying intact?

The NEC doesn't have the same amount of choice or of programs as the DCC

That seems unfair

It sure is. Putting magnet programs in schools that already have tons of wealthy and high achieving students and advanced coursework in math, science, and engineering that other schools do not have is also unfair. But you don't care about rich schools having more stuff than the DCC. You are only here to try to dismiss and discredit the real concerns that DCC parents have about this rushed and haphazard program proposal that Thomas seems determined to ram through.

I agree the program is rushed and haphazard and at the end of the day, many kids will be negatively affected and few positively affected. But it’s tiresome that “DCC parents” think they are the only victims and everything is unfair for them and fair for everyone else.

Wow, okay. I'm sorry you don't like that DCC parents are pointing out that in Region 1, Whitman and BCC already have so much and are getting more, while Einstein, Northwood and Blair are only losing things. We're not going to shut up because you don't like us for whatever reason, which I don't think you're being honest about.

It is obvious to everyone that you are going to repeat the same thing over and over again and only see the situation as glass half empty for yourself. The lady who referenced main character syndrome was not so off base.

Please continue to hurl insults at me, it makes you seem so reasonable

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Ask the Super and BOE to separate the program study from the boundary study

+1 pretty much no one thinks ramming these changes through is a good idea. Sign the petition--make your voice heard!

Don't sign. More delays is a waste. You just want to hoard programs. The county is larger than DCC.

The DCC was created because the schools lacked the classes and opportunities that the W schools have. With the regional plan, the W schools continue to have the better classes and resources and the DCC and other schools will continue to go without to make them strong schools.

Again, the county is more than the DCC and the W’s.

There are regions throughout the county under this proposal. The goal is to give more kids access to programs and strengthen home schools.

With the regional plan formerly DCC schools will host programs and have access to programs at other schools just like they do now.

And slowing down or stopping the regional model means that other areas without programs or school choice continue to not have programs or school choice.

School choice is not effective for improving student outcomes.

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.

Btw you sound really threatened by the above proposal. Are you CO staff?

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.

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

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.

There is no survey, if by "survey" you mean "effort to collect any sort of meaningful information whatsoever to collect information on what families think and want.". There are just forms where you can ask for clarification (and, on the latest one, share things you like about the proposals but nothing that you dislike or feel ambivalent or concerned about.)

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Ask the Super and BOE to separate the program study from the boundary study

+1 pretty much no one thinks ramming these changes through is a good idea. Sign the petition--make your voice heard!

Don't sign. More delays is a waste. You just want to hoard programs. The county is larger than DCC.

The DCC was created because the schools lacked the classes and opportunities that the W schools have. With the regional plan, the W schools continue to have the better classes and resources and the DCC and other schools will continue to go without to make them strong schools.

Again, the county is more than the DCC and the W’s.

There are regions throughout the county under this proposal. The goal is to give more kids access to programs and strengthen home schools.

With the regional plan formerly DCC schools will host programs and have access to programs at other schools just like they do now.

And slowing down or stopping the regional model means that other areas without programs or school choice continue to not have programs or school choice.

School choice is not effective for improving student outcomes.

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.

Btw you sound really threatened by the above proposal. Are you CO staff?

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.

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

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.

There is no survey, if by "survey" you mean "effort to collect any sort of meaningful information whatsoever to collect information on what families think and want.". There are just forms where you can ask for clarification (and, on the latest one, share things you like about the proposals but nothing that you dislike or feel ambivalent or concerned about.)

Yeah the survey itself is ridiculous. They are telling us very clearly they don't want feedback. Also they are not collecting any data on the race or ethnicity of survey respondents. My guess is that data would make them look terrible. Instead of employing better methods to engage BIPOC communities, they just aren't collecting data on who they are talking to at all. That should be a scandal in and of itself.

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They are organizing some of the lobbying.

Side note: It might be time to consider new leadership for the competitive dance team, as the current coach hasn’t been able to maintain the same level of excellence as before.

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All these conversations seem like people don’t realize northwood is adding many new seats so it’s not surprising there is more disruption to that area.

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I’m so confused on why Northwood is continuously being brought up.

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Anonymous wrote:All these conversations seem like people don’t realize northwood is adding many new seats so it’s not surprising there is more disruption to that area.

I’m so confused on why Northwood is continuously being brought up.

Maybe because the STEM programs Northwood was supposed to get are now planned for another school, as of last week. Leaving Northwood with criteria based programs performing arts only. Compare that to the academic programs at the rest of the Region’s schools.

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Anonymous wrote:All these conversations seem like people don’t realize northwood is adding many new seats so it’s not surprising there is more disruption to that area.

I’m so confused on why Northwood is continuously being brought up.

Maybe because the STEM programs Northwood was supposed to get are now planned for another school, as of last week. Leaving Northwood with criteria based programs performing arts only. Compare that to the academic programs at the rest of the Region’s schools.

They should absolutely put humanities at Northwood. But buck up, the boundary study gives Northwood a much lower FARMS rate which will likely lead to increased course offerings. Not like Whitman of course (with or without the humanities program)

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It really doesn't matter where or what they call these programs as they will be fake and in name only. Both Northwood and Einstein will lose teachers when the student numbers are reduced. If they lose students, they lose staff. MCPS is not adding arts staff to either school, so what will this look like and how will it work?

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Anonymous wrote:It really doesn't matter where or what they call these programs as they will be fake and in name only. Both Northwood and Einstein will lose teachers when the student numbers are reduced. If they lose students, they lose staff. MCPS is not adding arts staff to either school, so what will this look like and how will it work?

Northwood is going to be much larger. It will gain students and teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:What is PACE doing to help?

They are organizing some of the lobbying.

Side note: It might be time to consider new leadership for the competitive dance team, as the current coach hasn’t been able to maintain the same level of excellence as before.

Ms. Hill? We love her.