MCPS to end areawide Blair Magnet and countywide Richard Montgomery's IB program
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Anonymous
Okay— to be clear I was inquiring what was wrong with his educational background. I wasn’t arguing that his educational background should be in itself sufficient. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
DP. Yes. I think these boundaries balance higher and lower SES, and harmony of communities as much as possible. You cannot ignore harmony. I know a student from a very different community who was bussed into a program due to its opportunity at the insistence of their parent. That student was miserable and was elated at switching to a school community they could better resonate with at the first opportunity. |
Anonymous
No one wants forced bussing. The best option is to put more money in the schools that don’t have much and make them equal. The disparities are significant. A smart kid at a w school can get all their classes and academics met. A smart kid dcc is forced to another school, Mc or go without. They don’t allow homeschooling or independent study or virtual classes outside Mcps. Or, at least being back virtual so it aligns with MCPS schedules. The demographics are changing in mcps in the dcc due to crazy housing prices. Blair is a great program but not for all kids. Not all kids want a magnet and prefer to choose their own classes and those kids should get the same opportunities. One reason why dcc kids try for Blair is the other schools don’t have the academics and they leave which causes the low scores. |
Anonymous
I’m tired of the bad academics at mcps and students not getting what they need. |
Anonymous
I think this is part of what MCPS is trying to figure out, and I credit Taylor with at least tackling it. My understanding is that they are going to make sure every school has a baseline number of advanced classes, and that they are currently auditing what is available where. But we also need to be realistic and aim for what is possible. I think making sure every HS has AP Calculus BC is sufficient, and then bringing back virtual for MVC for some kids. What other courses do you think every school should be offering? |
Anonymous
There are highly able students in each region and those students should have access to rigorous magnet classes at Blair and RMIB. The regional model would make the chances of these highly able students getting in more likely. Every HS does not need Blair SMAC and RMIB; the regional model would be able to pool enough students who are able to handle rigorous programs. To answer your question, the typical AP classes you’d find in any above average public school should be offered in every public school. |
Anonymous
Keep telling yourself and your kids that lie. Montgomery County is one of the most insufferable places on earth. You guys think you’re so much better than “boring” River Hill parents who have 3x the money you have and your kids write the same recycled, generic college essays about how unique, progressive, and special they they are because they take overpriced public transit to school and sit next to minorities on the metro. You have a small handful of elite public schools and then a bunch of shitty and medicore schools with endless magnet programs that take kids from the small handful of elite catchment areas to push the test scores at your medicore schools up, and you’re not fooling anyone. |
Anonymous
Hey to be fair, magnets will be dead in a few years. |
Anonymous
Fair statement, and the magnet programs are dead in a few years also, so nothing to cover-up the mediocrity and shitty anymore. Cheers to MoCo central office! You should be proud of tearing down your last fig leaf by your own hand. |
Anonymous
Does MCPS have enough good math teachers to teach AP BC calc in every HS? There's a shortage of STEM teachers. I don't think MCPS can find enough good teachers for math. My kid wanted to take AB Calc but the teacher was so bad that they downgraded to Applied Calc. A bad math teacher can make the class awful, and the kid to hate math. |
Anonymous
Just because he is being criticized doesn’t mean he lacks empathy or an open mind. I’m not even a Taylor defender but the above is crazy. Leaders have to make decisions even when everyone isn’t happy. In fact a huge part of leadership is weighing the tradeoff and making decisions despite who will be happy or criticize. He’s been an educator an administrator and superintendent elsewhere. He has a PhD and a MBA. Whether he is the best person for the job is something that can be debated, but it’s clear he’s not lacking Education or Education Business background. And quite frankly MCPS does not need mercy right now. It’s needs someone to weight options and make decisions in the best interest of education and kids. And that means telling some of these parents to pipe down and get over themselves and to in fact listen to people with expertise. |
Anonymous
All school should offer MV and Linear Algebra. No, its not good enough and its a huge issue for some of our kids. Let me guess, your kids have access to MV so its no big deal. All the AP classes and advanced math should be offered at every school. Our school has no science AP's either. |
Anonymous
Good and qualified are two different things. Ours has at least two. We have had to have a math tutor as the teaching wasn't strong especially with no textbooks. |
Anonymous
No, not all these kids want to go to these magnets. They are very restricted in the class schedule and it doesn't appeal to all. But the course offerings at the W schools and DCC for example are significant. |