Reply to New petition asking for critical changes to the proposed regional model

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "New petition asking for critical changes to the proposed regional model"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KaIiSoVlQFFm8rlgn4HCe-ePXoC8RtCeYHtplPREItY/edit?tab=t.0

School
Acceptance Rate
Kennedy
97%
Richard Montgomery
19%
Springbrook
81%
Watkins Mill
62%

The regional IB programs have a much higher acceptance rate than Richard Montgomery, which is unsurprising but clearly illustrates the difference in student demand between a high-performing program and lower-performing ones.

Also worth noting is that all three of the regional IB programs are under capacity, whereas Richard Montgomery is full.  This means that the regional IBs can accept all students that meet their standards, but it also means that Richard Montgomery can set a higher standard for those that it does accept.

The fact that the regional IBs are not full is also a clear indication of how unattractive these regional IB programs are to students.  Many students that are rejected from the Richard Montgomery IB choose to stay in their home schools rather than attend the regional IBs.  Removing the option of going to Richard Montgomery via a regional model is not likely to change this dynamic.

___________________________

Above is the reason why the 6 regional program will not be successful and needs to be done in phases. If the home school is in a better neighborhood, kids will not be making the trek to a school with high FARMS such as Watkins Mill. Progress has to happen slowly not rushed.

You also have to take into account which schools are sending the most students to these existing magnets and split them up - put 2 or 3 of these schools together in one region so they have the cohort too. Regional magnets will most certainly be watered down in the initial years but unless the schools sending these smart kids are split evenly between the regions, this will not be successful.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics