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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Completely agree with PPs above. When so many classes don’t have textbooks, when we don’t have advanced English until 11th grade, when reading scores are falling, now’s not the time to get fancy.[/quote]
The six programs will probably end up costing more.  So, there's not going to be some pile of cash for MCPS to spend on textbooks.

MCPS is supposed to meet the needs of all students, not just those with bad test scores.[/quote]

I’m the PP who earlier brought up getting rid of the special programs.  I specifically said all HS need to offer robust academic differentiation AND support.  That the six programs will cost more is exactly the problem.  MCPS should focus on meeting more needs of more students, not continuing to focus on the chosen few who get access to special accelerated programs.  I don’t believe for a second they’re going to be able to offer any program to any student who wants it, as they claimed in the meeting to the County Council.[/quote]
I agree. Their claim that the waitlists will be zero under their proposed plan is preposterous.

And I’ve said in other threads that the focus should be on strengthening student performance on core subjects.

This proposed six region plan is just a big distraction, and if it is passed, will funnel time, money, and resources away from strengthening core subjects in all schools—all for the roughly 10% of the students who attend these magnets. MCPS’s focus should be on the 90% who do not attend magnets.  [/quote]

Do they mean they just accept and reject and no waitlist LOL? There will be unequal interest in different types of programs. [/quote]

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