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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yeah I would be very very cautious about optics from here on out if you are opposing the regional program model.  even what you write here.  [/quote]

Absolutely not. Do not be intimidated in criticizing what is clearly a half-baked plan with egregious flaws and gaps. Silencing yourself is precisely what Taylor and MCPS wanted to do by enlisting BBC's statement in support of the model. Do not let Taylor win. I am saying this as a Black parent. They are using race/equity to intimidate people from speaking the truth. It's a game.

People who know and work toward [i]true[/i] equity know and are speaking out about how this program models fails to truly deliver on those fronts.[/quote]

It does seem like an intimidation tactic. [/quote]

White women (which DCUM is largely) being intimidated by the Black and Brown coalition (with male spokespeople)….seems like white woman tears.  Optics.[/quote]

White women should lift up the Black and Brown Coalition's recommendation to focus on placing new programs in underserved communities [b]before creating new programs in other areas.[/b][/quote]

It's a good idea for the superintendent to start building more programs at Gaithersburg HS, Wattkins Mill HS and Kennedy HS. He should start with these schools and build from there. [/quote]

The problem is not quantity of programs in those schools, it’s the quality.[/quote]

They already tried putting regional IBs at less-resourced schools. And those IBs are not performing as well as RM, or even the IBs that are local. Why does anyone think MCPS is going to do any better this time? You all are like charlie brown and the football.[/quote]

I thought the Watkins Mill IB program was doing pretty well?  I know the Kennedy one is not but not sure all the reasons behind that [/quote]

None of them (WM, Springbrook and Kennedy) are performing at the same level as RMIB, which was the point of the regional expansion, and the purported goal of this regional program model.[/quote]

Well of course they're not going to, because not only does RMIB serve mostly kids with the very highest test scores in the county (while the others do not), but less than 90% of them have ever been on FARMS.  Meanwhile 90% of the Kennedy IB kids and 93% of the Watkins Mill IB kids are currently or have previously been on FARMS.  There is absolutely no way anyone can possibly expect them to come close to RMIB outcomes given that.  It's honestly incredibly impressive that Watkins Mill IB program has done as well as it has given the circumstances.[/quote]

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