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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI if I was an MCPS administrator looking at where to place an IB magnet in region 1, I would not look at Einstein. Their scores are not good, across all demographic groups.[/quote]

But their scores would be better if they had a criteria-based regional magnet.[/quote]

Between Einstein and BCC, sup would definitely favor the latter. So you are really defending an argument that has deemed to fail. [/quote]

Go back to the "needle" post (10/01/2025 12:47 on page 4).

Sure, the in-place resources at B-CC point towards the IB being there.  Same with Humanities.  The point is, though, that this arrangement, especially in combination, creates much greater inequity within the region...

...as do the associated local set-asides as long as they are proportionately greater in relation to their local-catchment student populations than the magnet seating afforded to the rest of the region.

Each says something very foul about the assumptions that MCPS decision-makers are making with regard to the worth of the different communities.  We thought their aim was equity and their assumption was that "highly capable students are everywhere."  It turns out that this is far from their true thoughts on the matter, and it is only to be touted when clearly supporting their proposal, which they know undermines equity when applied to academic rigor.

It seems their view of equity is quite narrow, then.  This is a shame, as it enables a prejudice of low expectations that, with this reinforcement, will persist and confound efforts to address even their narrower equity objectives.

With this combined boundary-and-program change effort being their one hail mary opportunity for the foreseeable future, they are calling up a wishbone formation run play.  Quite sad.[/quote]

Well said. Bring this statement to the BOE meeting and testify. It's hard to move a needle for arrogant and ignorant people, but at least you can throw valid statements in front of the face publicly. You can at least then tell your children that you had fight for them, and it's their ultimate responsibility to fight for themselves out of the unfair situation that the school system creates for them.  [/quote]

Why the focus on these small programs that will only serve a small portion of kids? And if we are looking at these criteria based programs, only 2 out of 7 are proposed for BCC - IB and Humanities.

The 5 other criteria based programs are all at current DCC schools with FARMS rates of 40%:
- Science, math and computer science
- Communication
- Visual Arts Center
- Performing Arts
- Medical Science

Even if you exclude Visual Arts and Performing Arts since some people have such disdain for the arts (nevermind they can absolutely lead to amazing careers), there are still 3 criteria based academic programs proposed for DCC schools. And Einstein has an IB program which it can and should absolutely improve.[/quote]

I think the previous PP's concern is setting criteria-based IB, humanity and STEM programs in other HSs in Region 1 will attract the majority of high achievers from Einstein, leaving them with less students as Einstein is by itself relatively small in size and lower student quality overall. It's going to make the situation worse for Einstein's own IB program, and setting other programs at Einstein won't help mitigate the situation or retaining those high achievers. [/quote]

Serious question. What are the high achievers doing currently at Einstein? They’re not really scoring high scores on IB exams if they are enrolled in that program at Einstein. They may be leaving to attend special programs either within the DCC or countywide. I keep hearing from one poster that they can’t access the upper level science classes they need. It doesn’t seem like the new proposal is going to siphon off different students than the ones who are already applying out right now. [/quote]

They go without, or go to MC.  There are no ap science and no math after BC. Very few other stem as well.  If you don’t get into Wheaton or Blair you are out of luck.  [/quote]

I was pretty good at math and I got up to BC. Are there really that many kids that need more and if so can they not do it virtually?[/quote]

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