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[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]

Can’t improve anything when the new boundaries wipe out 30% of enrollment. The first maps had Einstein losing up to 600 students, which means massive staff cuts too. Half of that number comes from kids being re-zoned for BCC.

BCC gets the IB program and a huge chunk of non-FARMS students from Einstein.

Einstein gets an higher overall FARMS rate, less diversity by removing white students, and an “education magnet” based on an existing elective pathway that is so under-enrolled that the school talked about cancelling it. Kids from the DCC aren’t interested in it now, BCC and Whitman kids won’t be interested in the future.

In other words, BCC-grad Taylor is turning BCC into an elite college preparatory program by siphoning off resources from Einstein, and leaving Einstein without the tools to rebuild. [/quote]

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