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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TL;DR - current 7th graders are not affected for MS. They are affected for HS.

[b]Current DCC 7th graders will not go through the DCC choice process in fall of 8th grade but will go through whatever process is set up for the new regional choice programs. 
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If you are currently at Eastern/Takoma or MSMC and your home address is in a different program Region than the current MS, I would expect your child will have to apply to programs in their home region but I have not heard that exact scenario addressed by MCPS yet[/quote]

The bolded is why all current 7th graders and beyond are f*cked[/quote]

I have a current 7th grader and I think this is hyperbole. Yes, next year will likely be a little chaotic, but there are plenty of excellent high schools in MCPS.

The folks I've seen most up in arms about this are (white) folks who bought a [b]house in a school zone with the explicit plan of trying to lottery out.[/b] Yes, if your entire plan for HS was predicated on not sending your child to school with their neighbors, you might feel f*cked, but that's a feeling not reality. Your neighbors are fine, and their children are fine, and it will be fine. [/quote]

This is just not true, but it is a convenient talking point for MCPS. I have a child in early elementary. I have no idea what my child will be interested in when they are on their way to high school. But when we moved here, I had heard from parents about all the great programs the DCC offers. The benefit of the DCC is choice - if your kid is interested in STEM, Wheaton is a great option. If they are into art, Einstein has VAPA. These programs are sustained because kids can choose schools and get transportation based on their interests. The regional model will be more limited and, in Region 1, has a large risk of undermining the programs at Einstein and Northwood.

The DCC is not perfect. School choice is inherently problematic and I definitely think Kennedy HS has suffered. I would actually be supportive of eliminating the DCC and not replacing it with anything. But it feels like the regional model will just reproduce the harms of the DCC but more inequitably because of the lack of transportation.

MCPS likes to whine about how terrible parents are, but they could easily improve relationships with parents by not constantly misrepresenting parents' concerns and screeching the word "equity" while demonstrating they have no idea what that word actually means.[/quote]

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