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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS school profiles lists a capacity of 1000 for Edison HS and an enrollment of 968. They don't have empty space. Maybe they only use half of the classrooms at any given time so they will have teachers share the classrooms? Can't MCPS just give a straight answer on this?[/quote]

It sounds like there is some unbuilt space from what people are saying here, so they'd have to build it into classrooms. Its a trade school drawing students who are bused there from all over the county.  They could maybe build it out but with what funds?  It would make sense to build it out and offer more trade programs.[/quote]

Right. First MCPS says they need to build the space. Then they say they are sending 500 Wheaton HS students to Edison CTE programs while simultaneously telling people they are going to keep Edison open to students countywide and putting out a CIP that includes $0 in funding to "build out" Edison. The story keeps changing. I suspect the real story is some people in North Bethesda insisted on keeping their schools 20%-30% empty despite systemwide declining enrollment, and the only way to make that work is to pretend there are 500 extra seats in Edison for Wheaton HS students to take...some kind of classes.[/quote]

This is why the regional program doesn't work.  They should offer advanced classes equally at all schools and keep the DCC and let the other schools do their own consortia.  The idea of making it equitable and equal will not happen.  This is all for show.  Wheaton is a good school.  They make it work now.[/quote]

advanced classes at all schools means no need for consortia, including the DCC. the money for admin and buses can be spent at home schools[/quote]

Correct, but MCPS is clear that they aren't expanding the course offerings so the corsortia is necessary.[/quote]

consortia have not met their goals. time for something new[/quote]

They did expand course offerings available to students who could travel. The regional model just makes the courses available to fewer kids with less transportation.[/quote]

Students shouldn’t have to travel and there is no guarantee students will get into the schools they need to.  [/quote]

Which is the same as for the consortia model/DCC. [/quote]

DP. No, it is not the same. The DCC offers more flexibility to students and transportation from students' neighborhoods. The regional program model offers very limited spots and very limited transportation. I happen to think they should get rid of the DCC, but also that they should not create all these programs. Instead they should do a more rigorous analysis of what the different schools offer in terms of coursework and certifications and address gaps as they occur instead of trying to superimpose a model that is intended to be uniform on schools and regions that are all very different.[/quote]

I agree with you in the getting rid of consortia/magnets/regions, and on doing more analysis to see what individual schools need (with an eye toward improving individual schools so that kids don’t feel like they have to go to another school).

What I struggle with is the limiting factor of budgets and how that plays out.  What happens when 5 kids are advanced enough to want a specific class that isn’t offered in their school?  Is MC the option (I would support that)?  What happens when there isn’t a technical program at a school with a student particularly interested in nursing?  Everything cannot be everywhere.  But busing and peeling off the most motivated kids is also problematic.  So where’s the happy medium?[/quote]

They go without the classes they need, same as now.  MC is not always an option due to timing and transportation.  They can have more STEM at every school.  The bussing is a nightmare for kids in extracurricular and sports.  You support it as your kids have what they need and want at their home school so its not an issue for your family. [/quote]

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