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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it'll be no, but abstentions - they'll say there wasn't enough time to study or enough community feedback.

Also, going on the record that the Wootton community fighting for one school was a huge distraction - had the entire county come together (looking at you MCCPTA, where were you?) against the six region program model, there could have been changes.   Instead, Taylor gets his bomb, blowing up the entire school system, and decimating the handful of excellent schools that remained of a once great school system[/quote]

MCCPTA criticized the regional model last fall, and the board didn't care.

[url]https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/10/31/mccpta-slow-programming-changes/[/url][/quote]

They need to say it again and so does MCEA. The boundary battle has let MCPS hide the fact that the regional model is based on assumptions and not backed by any data. [/quote]

I am not thrilled with the regional model, nor do I have any confidence the implementation will go well. I feel especially terrible for the current 7th and 6th graders that will be the guinea pigs for all of this.

I am not sure what more data they can reasonably collect. It is very hard to gauge interest for programs that will be used by kids that aren't even in middle school yet. As far as evaluating current programs, that would take years and probably not offer too many actionable insights. That particular proposal really does ring like a delay tactic.

I think at this point opponents need to articulate what specifically we don't like about the regional model and what we would like to see changed. I think the Black and Brown Coalition's recommendation to focus implementation on programs in high poverty schools makes a lot of sense and it has been completely ignored.
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Agreed, if the Black and Brown Coalition hadn't been bought off to say "we should implement exactly what MCPS has proposed right away" but had instead included even some modest calls for change, they would have had a lot of support and maybe we could have all coalesced around that and made the programs better.  But instead they decided it was more important to be seen giving Taylor the favor he asked for than to try to improve the programs, so they'll sail through as-is, strengthening many rich schools and screwing over many poorer ones.  [/quote]

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