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MCPS did not remove the magnet program from TPMS/Eastern to create a program at Clemente.  Right now, not only has MCPS removed the Humanities program from Clemente, but in fact, they have cut down the magnet writing class from the curriculum.  MLK 6th grade Humanities is not the same program that the current Clemente 6th grade Humanities student are getting. Next year, MLK 6th grade Humanities will not be the same program that 6th grade Humanities students will be getting.

Other problems with MLK - a very inapt administration,  no additional programs, complete lack of parental engagement, not a working PTA.  Since the students are at a middle school for only three short and crucial years, this is a grave injustice to students who have got in because of their hard work and talent.  Not because of the color of their skin.

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Correct. Instead, MCPS removed the option for upcounty students to attend the downcounty magnet programs. They had to go to Clemente instead, and start from scratch -- just like you're complaining the Humanities program at MLK will have to do. And in fact the Humanities program at MLK won't have to start from scratch, because a lot of the Humanities teachers from Clemente are moving to MLK. And yes, there will be one less magnet class (going from 4 to 3, the same number as math/sci), but there will also be a new requirement to take a foreign language in sixth grade, which seems to me to be a very important component of any program that calls itself Humanities.

It is not a "grave injustice" to move the Humanities program from one IB middle school in Germantown to another IB middle school in Germantown.

And it's really despicable -- in addition to fact-free -- to keep implying that the kids who were admitted to the magnet programs this year only got in because of the color of their skin. Stop doing that.[/quote]

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