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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, Einstein is smaller than Eastern in these options.  That's just weird.[/quote]

They're looking at, like, less than 350 kids per grade at Einstein (assuming the gains and losses from programs even out-- if they don't, they could shrink another couple dozen kids per grade easily), compared to, what, around 500 now?  How are they going to be able to offer a reasonable amount of class options at that size?

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See, this is exactly how the programs could be used for good, if they were thoughtful about this stuff... they could go heavy on the number of program seats at Einstein to create critical mass for both electives and high level classes, to help make sure Einstein's a strong school where local students want to stay  But instead they're only giving Einstein an average number of program seats for their region, and even if the biomedical program actually does draw top students from elsewhere (I'm skeptical), the high level courses in the magnet are apparently going to be IB rather than AP and there's only going to be a handful of them. There is zero sign any of it was designed with an eye towards whether it will help or harm the future of Einstein.

If these folks are Central Office would be willing to just spend a few minutes thinking about what each school most needs and would benefit from (or we're willing to invite and respect suggestions from others on what schools need), we'd be in such a different place...[/quote]

I don’t think central office understands academics and the classes.  The biomedical is a nothing program and Einstein doesn’t have a lot of science or math to draw in stem one engineering or computer science.  The admin is checking out more and more so closing the school given its age and other factors could be a possibility.  [/quote]

If the admin is checking out, can't they just replace them with better people rather than close the whole school?[/quote]

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