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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to the program analysis plan, here is what will be going away:

-Downcounty Consortium
-Northeast Consortium
-Any current countywide program that selects from the whole county such as: the Science, Math and Computer Science programs at Blair and Poolesville, the IM program at Richard Montgomery, the Visual Arts Program at Einstein, and Global Ecology at Poolesville.

People need to understand that these are now slated to go away. Current 8th graders can apply, and after that they’re over. You may agree or disagree with this change, but you need to know. See the link below for FAQs.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/academic-programs-analysis/faqs/[/quote]

But there will be programs like this that benefit even more students throughout the county. Seems like a big win for tax payers.[/quote]

I suspect MCPS still lurks on this forum. [/quote]

Lurk? They actively sow misinformation and fight with people on here.[/quote]
I think the same is true of the W school parents who figured out the surefire way to get their kid into their Blair SMCS pipeline. Over half of the 440 seats in the program are filled by students from W schools. Some parents from those high SES schools are sowing misinformation and fear to try to keep the status quo for their children at the expense of the over 51,000 students who did not stand a chance in getting the opportunity to attend Blair SMCS.

The regional program should expand access to more students. It may not be identical to Blair SMCS, but it should at least give students an opportunity to be challenged, the way ELC did for those who did not get a seat in CES.[/quote]

For your last sentence, the ELC has been taken away. I'm not sure if HIGH is still there in local MSs, but for my DC's MS, HIGH = honors for all, same with accelerated math. It's a honor class that everyone can register.

For Blair and Poolsville SMCS, I believe the selection committee is not allowed to see the applicant's home school assignment before making a selection? The regional model will simply making Wootton and Churchill future pressure cookers, a lesser pressure cooker for Whitman/Blair region, and nothing comparable in quality for eastern and northern part of this county. How do you propose to resolve the new and worse inequity in the quality of regional programs?   [/quote]

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