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[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]

It's very typical of wealthy White people to act like people from other groups are a monolith that all want the same things. Some people like the idea of the biomedical program and others don't. But overall, since for reasons outlined at length on this thread Einstein's existing programs are at risk from from this program proposal while BCC and Whitman only gain things, you'll have to understand why there is a hesitancy or fear about adding a new program with few actual resources budgeted for it while taking away existing resources.[/quote]

oh get a grip... how many times do we see W schools want/care about on here. no one is a monolith[/quote]

So we agree that no one is a monolith, I am so happy about that. When someone says "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." You're acting like we're a monolith, and by the above statement that no one is a monolith, they should not stop with that BS. If you feel others are monolithisizing W parents you should absolutely call that out. Instead you are calling me out for calling out the behavior you disagree with.[/quote]

This is not a real science-based program.  It's more for a CNA-type job than a doctor, nurse, or researcher.  And, it's not what the majority of the community wants.  What is your obsession with this?  This doesn't involve higher-level classes.  It makes use of the basic classes already at Einstein.  [/quote]

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