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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RGMS parents revealed just how privileged and self serving they are. Don't worry, the rest of the county has taken note.[/quote]

I think that you could say this about a lot of the specialty programs.  I get the sense that the current admin and the Board don't have a whole lot of empathy for them. 
The county isn't required to offer these programs (except TAG, but that can be offered at regular schools).  They are a privilege, not a right and they take a lot of resources away from neighborhood schools.  I personally think that the county should only provide bus transportation for the FARMS/SPED kids that attend non-neighborhood schools.

From the DC-ist article [i]"Catarina Correia, president of Hyattsville’s parent-teacher organization, posted a statement on Goddard’s parent-teacher organization Facebook page citing research from Penn State University which says that Prince George’s County Schools’ specialty programs, like Goddard’s, “have successfully advocated for their programs against the detriment of neighborhood schools that often lack the same well connected, economically advantaged, and vocal parents.”

“I understand why you were upset, but I truly believe that as your children have been at [the Goddard] school for so long, you are woefully unaware of what other PG County public schools deal with on a daily basis and how truly lucky you and your children have been,” Correia wrote to Goddard parents. “I hope we can work together to make the [county school system] work as best it can for ALL our students.”[/i]
https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/3331/?fbclid=IwAR0K5Fg1cC10DpQH8f23V-Cc1dRxliWI75KstiH9hAtavJxBfmiGV2vBIbo

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I'd go even farther and say that the K-8 specialty programs are relics of mandated integration and a way to keep middle class Black and white families in the PGCPS system. They hoard valuable resources and I really question their value to the system. [/quote]

I totally agree.  In my ideal world, they would dismantle the whole K-5 specialty program system and then focus on improving the middle and high school programs.  I would be curious to see the number of kids who try to get into a performing arts program in middle and high school versus the number of kids who actually get seats.  I bet they could triple the number of seats and there would still be demand.  I would love to see PG start a school like Washington Latin or give more IB middle school options.  Or focus all that time/energy/money on the local middle schools so they are viable option for middle class families.

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