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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of ya'll really need to settle down.  Great teachers exist outside of the magnet programs.  One of my kids not at a magnet Algebra teacher had a masters in math from John Hopkins.  My other kid's MS math teacher (different school) was certified to teach math at the MS and HS level and was finishing up an Education Leadership doctorate.

Some teach a schools that are closer to where they live, others want to influence a certain demographic, and others are just happy at their school.

Will there likely need to be some hiring and training, sure, but if they finalize things in short order, like by February, they will have at least a whole year to get that done.  Heck they could make it part of the recruiting strategy now.[/quote]
No one said we don't have some great teachers, but some people want advanced math in *every* HS.  Finding good teachers to teach really advanced math for every HS is going to be very difficult to find, not to mention the fact that in some schools there won't be enough demand for such classes to fill the classroom.  Not good use of taxpayer $.[/quote]

They only need one teacher for anything past bc.   We have several teachers who could teach it.  You just need Mv and linear algebra at every school.  So, that’s two extra classes beyond what is provided now.  [/quote]

I agree that that is a change that is necessary. But why get rid of Blair to implement these changes. It's not as if they will try to move the teachers from Blair magnet to the regional programs.

Not true... At Blair, math classes include Logic, Discrete Mathematics, Advanced Geometry, Origins of Math, Complex Analysis (This is the course after MV calc and Lin Alg), and an Advanced Statistics Class (not to be confused with AP Stats). Similar things hold for science classes. As you can clearly see, it will be impossible to implement all these classes to the level they are taught at at Blair across the regional programs.[/quote]

You don't need all those.  You just need MV and Linear Algebra at every school, so there is enough math to fulfill requirements.  You keep pushing Blair but many of our kids have no interest in Blair but need more academic classes than are being offered.  Pushing Blair is silly when it only takes 100 students.  You are pushing needing more Blairs but even if there were more, my kids wouldn't choose it due to the rigid curriculum and distance.[/quote]

So the solution shouldn't be to get rid of Blair, but to increase hires of teachers who can teach these schools at every high school in MCPS. I really don't get why they're getting rid of Blair instead of improving on the courses and teachers at other high schools. I completely agree with your point that children in non-magnet programs need more qualified teachers teaching their courses. My son's home school has a mainly chemistry teacher teaching some part of MV Calc. But the solution shouldn't be getting rid of the magnet programs, that really help students interested in STEM. The idea of getting rid of Blair and RM IB is just silly in my opinion.[/quote]

No one is cares about Blair but a few of you and then you assume the rest of us care.  STEM is a general term and that program doesn't meet all kids interests.  Mine had no interest in it.

What we are saying is many of the current teachers CAN teach higher level so add more science and math AP, as well as MV and linear algebra.  They can alighn the school schedules and offer it virtually too.  We have multiple teachers who could teach it but the principal refuses to allow them to.[/quote][/quote]

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