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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You parents flipping out about MVC are nuts. I'm not delighted about eliminating the DCC but it is what it is. There will still be choice options for your child to go to a STEM magnet and [b] enhancing the science offerings at Einstein could well lead to MVC being offered in future years [/b] if there are class fulls of students on that track. That said, your kids must be young because you don't have to drive them to MC. By the time they are taking it, they can drive themselves.[/quote]

The regional model didn’t set a STEM program at Einstein, did it? Why Einstein will necessarily get higher level offering in the future? Previously STEM-strong kids in Einstein can choose Wheaton engineering or Blair SMCS, and now they can only choose Blair SMCS, so I can understand why that MVC parent was so irritated.

However, Blair SMCS will be less competitive in the future, so hopefully the STEM-strong kids in region 1 will have an easier leeway in the future.[/quote]

In what world is a criteria based biomedical magnet not STEM? [/quote]

Check out their slides. The biomedical science program has a ridiculously slow math pathway (IM math 2 for grade 9), meaning that MVC will still not be offered at Einstein in the future. [/quote]

MVC will not be offered at Einstein, nor any upper-level STEM as its principal choice and the principal chooses not to allocate funds to it.  It's really two different issues.   The biomedical is more geared to CNA or lower medical staffing as a trade vs. doctor/nurse/researcher.  Its not a bad thing, but it isn't going to elevate Einstein in any way and it may cause families to flee.[/quote]

You all have been whining on here for months about Einstein not getting a criteria-based program and not having enough science, and now MCPS has put a criteria-based science program at Einstein and you're still whining.[/quote]

I thinks it’s only 1 or 2 people who’s been whining. [/quote]

Why does this matter to you? Your children already have access to everything they need and want. Instead of supporting equity for all students, you're more focused on tearing others down when they voice legitimate concerns. Why should some schools be well-resourced and others left behind? MCPS talks a lot about equity, opportunity, and inclusion—but this new regional model and the elimination of the DCC go directly against those values. If regional models are such a great idea, then apply first to the W schools and B-CC. [b]Leave the DCC alone and let it continue to serve as a model for true diversity and access[/b].[/quote]

In reality the DCC has not been anything close to a model for true diversity and access.

-DCC parent [/quote]

Nice white parents who pat themselves on the back for living in the DCC refuse to believe it doesn’t work for everyone.

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No, it doesn't work for everyone but its better than nothing or the regional model.  What would you suggest would be better for schools like Einstein?  [/quote]

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