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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a member of the "academic programs design team." I use that term loosely because we had no input into the design -- in fact, central office staff did all the designing. Members of the team pushed back hard on what we heard and the lack of rigor or analysis--to the point where meetings were very contentious because team members were frustrated that their input was not reflected in any way in what MCPS was doing.

At one point we were meeting weekly. But we have now gone well over a month without a word from MCPS. We had a single meeting focused on middle schools in early October, and it was pretty general -- no specifics about what MCPS is planning to put forward. The presumption was we would have meetings to talk about specifics, but there has been nothing since then. I guess they got sick of the team giving them negative feedback, but at this point, there is no one who is actually providing any feedback on the middle school model. [/quote]

I mean, we weren't really a "check" on them in the first place?  But yeah, I dunno if they're ever bringing us back.[/quote]

Correct. These advisory groups MCPS convenes are always a performative, box-checking exercise. Not a real partner and collaborator for decision making.[/quote]

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