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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anything notable from the sessions today?[/quote]

Only Whitman will have a social justice program and only Poolesville will have global ecology. But don’t worry! Other regions will have other programs in the “leadership” theme, like early childhood development or Navy JROTC.

Never mind that JROTC excludes any student who isn’t a citizen. And that the defense department is run by a sadistic drunk. Let’s make that a magnet program! Go MCPS! Brilliant idea![/quote]

This has been an item that I have been asking about and needs more focus.  What is a “similar” program.  Because Navy JROTC and Social Justice are not similar programs, despite both having leadership components.

If this is supposed to be finalized by end of November, they need to be puttting out a program chart ASAP.  We’re beyond Themes at this point.[/quote]

Will they actually provide busing for Whitman Social Justice in the future?  Because my 8th grader isn't applying because there's no bus transport--which is not promoting anything related to equity to only have kids there who are already at Whitman or whose parents can get them there somehow.[/quote]

Apparently the plan is to bus kids from their local HS.  So rather than just kids who are already at Whitman or whose parents can get them there, this will also provide access to the small sliver of students within close walking distance to their local HS so they can get there early enough to catch the bus!  Everyone else still out of luck...[/quote]

I thought no one wanted to go to icky white rich Whitman, so this doesn’t seem like a problem.[/quote]

If 100 of the top students go to Whitman and BCC and suddenly Einstein can only offer a couple of AP classes every semester because of "lack of interest" then I guarantee you many will go to Whitman[/quote]

You me Einstein would have fewer APs than present?  Or Einstein would just continue to have fewer APs than Whitman?  Bc the programs do not seem big enough to have #1 happen.[/quote]

If each program takes 10-15 per grade from each of the other 4 schools and there are 4 programs housed at Whitman and BCC that is 40-60 kids from each other school per grade. Einstein is slated to have 1600 kids or 400 per grade. 40-60 kids is 10-15% of each class. And they will be among the most motivated and well resourced kids. They might get some back for the biomedical program assuming it gets off the ground, who TF knows. But I am guessing BCC and Whitman's programs will draw more kids than Einstein or Northwood and who knows about Blair given how much its existing program is likely to change. Einstein and Northwood are not going to draw a lot of kids from BCC and very few from Whitman.[/quote]

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