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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised MCPS would gut TPMS. I thought it was considered one of the golden schools in the system? But the rest of the stuff you described in terms of lack of transparency, disregarding community input, etc. is very much textbook MCPS.

I just didn't think they'd do that to Takoma Park![/quote]

The teachers voted to go from teaching 6 classes to 5. They voted to keep class size at current level. Said a few more per class was absolutely not doable.

Translates to one less elective for everyone. And for any special program student, magnet or otherwise, means they only have one. Most of the magnet students were pushed in to taking a language as an elective and so now must choose between an actual elective and language. The majority will choose language. The school openly acknowledges that the number of electives teachers will decrease- the majority of which are music and art teachers. The majority of magnet kids (1/3 of the school) had their “2nd elective” in the arts- many in band/orchestra.

As for the autism program and other programs where kids need enrichments, they will loose those enrichments or have zero electives.

The administration “promises” to review “mitigation strategies” at some point. Fat chance.[/quote]

That’s normal for most ms.  [/quote]

Most MS are local schools. Who wants a long commute where you don’t get anything more than you’d get locally? Turns out, there are many who don’t. 
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