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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems pretty clear that the DCC is being split up and each school is on its own for advocacy. Blair or Northwood seem unlikely to advocate for Einstein. MCPS has to fill Woodward.

Let the ToK issue go. There is no way they will walk to Einstein, with the recent tragedy of a student crossinf University Blvd.  Focus on what you really want for Einstein, not what you want to take away from others. Look at what Wheaton has been able to do with Engineering.

To me, the appeal of Einstein is that it is smaller. I like that. I would also want high level classes, whether IB or AP. Maybe add a program like WJ has (Apex) instead of IB. Who gets the Medical Science program? Maybe it could be Einstein.[/quote]
I have heard few if any actual people focus on adding ToK to Einstein. I think MCPS should do that but it's certainly not my focus. Our PTA's preferred option in the first set of options didn't do that. It's not a priority for our community but I think it should be a priority for MCPS if they want to actually balance the 4 factors but they clearly do not.
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And yet it keeps coming up.[/quote]

On DCUM more than in real life.[/quote]

+1 this narrative that DCC parents just don't care enough or care about the wrong things is offensive and ridiculous on so many levels but I guess some of you all are too insecure to acknowledge real inequities[/quote]

unequal and inequities are two different things. What did you think the realities of living in areas crammed with dense low income housing would look or play out like, why do you think you got a discount on that post war rambler or what ever house you bought that cost considerably less than those in nicer areas? What did you think the efficacy of PTAs filled with well resourced middle and upper management types vs PTA slapped together as collations of the barely willing. At some point what you want vs what life you built for your self and now most endure smacks in one's face. When in doubt just look at the real estate prices as there is a undeniable truth in there and there are reasons why there is basically a price ceiling in the DCC with few exceptions where the nicest homes are priced at the entry home point in nicer areas. because if most can afford it they leave.

Equality means the poorest kid can theoretically finish MoCo with all the bells and whistles that a rich kid can, Equal means they do.  There is no planet on which those communities will have statically equal results or enjoy the consistent outcomes of privilege or that their communities won't have to deal with the undue burdens.

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