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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the Bethesda Bear article:

In a statement emailed to Bethesda Today on Thursday, MCPS spokesperson Liliana López said the program analysis is an “iterative process” aimed at expanding programming access for all students.

“We hear the community’s concerns about the pace. However, we believe moving forward is essential to establishing the foundational model needed for future growth,” López said. “While we know that there will be a transition period, we are proceeding with intentional urgency because delaying this work risks maintaining a system of scarcity and inequity. Our commitment is to our students, and we believe it is in their best interest to continue building these opportunities now.”[/quote]
To MCPS spokesperson Liliana López:

Just because the community is concerned with pace does NOT mean the community is not interested in moving forward.

Teachers (MCEA) and parents (MCCPTA and the majority of us) want to be actively involved in the development of the proposed model so that MCPS can move forward with a plan that ensures programming access is meaningfully and equitably expanded for all students.

Because the district is “moving too quickly to meaningfully gather input and address the various issues that we’re sharing as a community,” as MCEA Vice President Danillya Wilson puts it, proceeding with the proposed regional model with intentional urgency risks worsening a system of scarcity and inequity.

The proposed regional model does not have to be “foundational” (ie, established concurrently with the boundaries study) for future growth. We don’t even know if the new boundaries are for one new school or for two, 
or if the opening of the second new school (Crown) will be delayed to be a temporary holding school, and whether the boundaries should therefore have a two-step execution, 
and what the big drops in student enrollment should mean for boundaries and programs, and what the new FARMS rate for each cluster will be in order to equitably balance any regions there may be.

There are too many unknown variables, so boundaries should be figured out before programs and any regions.[/quote]

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