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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree. They should have more.

-parent of former RMIB student[/quote]

Why should there be more of them?  Most districts in the county don’t have as many special and magnet programs. Folks here complain about cost, not focusing on the basics, bussing, etc etc.  Getting rid of these extra programs would allow more teachers to focus on “the basics” and lower the cost of transportation because kids wouldn’t be going to programs all across the county.

[b]Howard and Frederick county don’t have all these specialized and magnet programs but are supposedly great school districts. [/b] Why should MCPS keep this up?[/quote]

Howard and Frederick county schools have more homogeneous student populations.
It's easier ***and cheaper*** to teach fewer levels of instruction when your students are less diverse in their origins, culture and background knowledge.

MCPS has more highly driven, intelligent students from highly-educated wealthy families working in close-in DC wisely deciding to forego private school, and more kids coming from truly indigent/war-torn backgrounds, and needs to reconcile instruction for all of them. Also, the educated families know to identify special needs early on and request special programs, services and accommodations. It creates a huge demand for all types of customization of instruction, hence the development of all sorts of support for gifted/accelerated/special needs/bilingual needs.

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