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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah I noticed that for CAP and am concerned about how that will work (speaking as a parent who does have experience with the program). It’s pretty rigorous even though it’s not extremely selective but I am not sure what will happen if it’s lottery based. Maybe kids will self select if they understand what the program entails but I could see many students leaving if they do not. It’s also more of an interdisciplinary humanities program with some communications classes, not exactly a “communications” program. The English/Social studies classes are cohosted and involve a lot of group projects that are pretty involved.[/quote]

+1 While admission to CAP has never been as fierce as the STEM programs, it is an exemplary model for [b]kids whose passion is Humanities/Media/Communication[/b]. Making it interest-based may not impact the curriculum, but it will impact the student experience given the focus on group projects. Almost every CAP project is done in a group, so it's going to be immensely frustrating for the kids who really want to be there, compared to the kids who don't. [/quote]

I'm glad to hear about this for another reason: it has always been my impression that CAP is a continuation of some of the interests and processes begun in the MS humanities magnets, and the net outcome is essentially media studies.  This is absolutely a good and honorable thing for the kids who love this, but I have a traditional humanities kid (think history and literature, manifestly _not_ digital media, filmmaking, or journalism) who doesn't give a hang about anything hands-on digital and considers doing well in STEM courses as their job, not their pleasure.  Is there a place for a kid like this in the new MCPS model--or the existing one, for that matter?  Yes, one can always hope to develop new interests, but I'd also like them to have the chance to really cultivate their (strong) existing ones and be around other kids who love to read and love the past.[/quote]

See above about Poolesville Humanities, though I would presume you would need to move.  Also RMIB (for now, anyway) -- less focused, as IB is an entire curriculum across subject areas, but accounting for more class periods, thus offering something of the same.[/quote]

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