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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok so Loiderman, Parkland, and until this change, Takoma Park middle school students take 8 classes including 3 electives, and the rest of MCPS middle school students take 7 classes including 2 electives. Is that correct? If so, how is this equitable?[/quote]
Parkland, Loiederman, and Argyle form the Middle School Magnet consortium which was created with a grant in 2005-06 to save the worst performing middle school in the county from state takeover. They run an 8 period block with teachers teaching 5/8 period and an embedded professional development period in addition to team and planning in the teacher day. After the grant ended, MCPS didn’t continue extra staffing, so there are some large class sizes to balance staffing. (Equivalent teaching hours to other MS would be 5.5/8 classes.)

The MSMC was one of the few programs that the Choice Study highlighted as successful and effective. I always thought it was a shame that MCPS didn’t expand it, but it does cost more and a lot of people don’t like the block structure.[/quote]

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