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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just told my junior Blair kid that the STEM at Blair will be replaced. He asked me "What's wrong with it? I thought MCPS is proud of this program." 
Well, nothing wrong but looks like some ephemeral bureaucrats think that can do something better. That's laughable looking at how they managed MCPS in the last 10 years. [/quote]

Did you tell him the truth (that it will not disappear, but that there will be 6 SMCS programs including Blair and Poolesville serving the top 3% of county kids rather than the top 1%)?  Or were you overdramatic and told him "they're destroying Blair"?[/quote]

Blair runs some classes only every 2nd year because there aren't enough kids interested and able. What are the regional programs with half the students going to do? Run the class once every 4 years? [/quote]

Does every smart science kid in MCPS really need to have access to marine biology and plate tectonics and 10 other niche science offerings? I think they'll live if they have to wait until college, in exchange for twice the number of kids getting access to something slightly less robust.[/quote]

I took Marine Biology at Blair 25+ years ago. It was an every-year thing then. It wasn't that hard. It wouldn't be a big deal to not have it.[/quote]

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