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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing changes next year, or for kids who are already at their DCC/NEC high schools next year.  The DCC goes away for all entering classes in fall 2027 and beyond, kids go to their assigned school unless they leave for a specific program.

There are no DCC middle schools, not sure what you're talking about there. [/quote]

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/school-info/downcounty/feeders/

I was asking what happens to current 7th graders who go to one of these middle schools. We are out of consortium and my kid goes to one of these.[/quote]

Current 7th graders would not be affected (unless repeating 7th grade twice more).  The MS changes won't start until they are starting HS in 2027-28.  This applies to current 6th graders, as well, as they will be grandfathered in, keeping their current school assignment between 7th & 8th grade at that time.  Current 5th graders are the only class which would be shifted between their 6th-grade year and their 7th-grade year (if their home address saw a boundary change).  Current 4th graders (and below) would start (and presumably stay) at the middle school to which their home address then is assigned with the new boundaries.

However, per prior meetings, those placed in and attending (e.g., in 6th for the [i]upcoming[/i] 2026-27 school year) a secondary program via a criteria- or choice-based process would [i]not[/i] be subject to movement to a different school with the 2027-28 changes.  For middle school, that would apply to

Humanities @ Eastern &MLK

Math/Science/CS @ Takoma Park/Clemente

MSMC @ Parkland/Loiederman/Argyle

(presumably) language immersion at various MS sites

(uncertain, but it would be difficult to justify different treatment) special education programs at various MS sites.

Of course, there are the HS-level programs, as well, and the same program/choice (i.e., NEC/DCC) protection applies to 2027-28, while others in the non-grandfathered grades would need to move to the school to which their address then was assigned, along with all the rising 9th graders.[/quote]

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