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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is so hilariously myopic.  There are more schools in MCPS than just Whitman and DCC.

I could easily whine, "why does your DCC kid get to have school choice when mine has to stay at our high FARMS school if they don't get into RMIB/Blair?"

But I don't.  Because I'm not a selfish toddler. [/quote]

People are posting about how the regional program model will affect their own kids. I don't pretend to speak for other families, that's why I don't post about how families in other parts of the county will be impacted.

I'm not going to shut up because you hate the DCC and call us names in an effort to shut down advocacy.[/quote]

But that's not what you're doing.  Your "advocacy" comes at the expense of opportunities for other kids while deriding "equity."  You are asking for exactly what you are mocking. [/quote]

+100 People are advocating for equity they are complaining about Whitman and the DCC as though those are the only schools and kids that MCPS Central Office must consider.[/quote]

How does this advocacy hurt other kids and who does it hurt?  [/quote]

They have already been asked this question multiple times and cannot answer because they are completely full of it and just want to shut us up[/quote]

Because other non-DCC kids who are currently limited to their home-schools will now have the opportunity to go to a different school within their region in the proposed model. You are tying to take that opportunity away just because you don’t like the commute for your own kids. [/quote]

I disagree with you that school choice is a good way to increase opportunity. It has been shown time and again that it does not help the kids that most need a better education. I am one of multiple posters that doesn't think the DCC is perfect and would rather they get rid of the DCC and focus on improving the home schools.

I am not trying to take away anyone's opportunities and do not agree with you that not moving forward with the regional program model would have that impact. In fact, I think the regional program model will likely take away opportunities from many kids. Therefore, by your logic, I could accuse you of "trying to take opportunities away from kids" - but I am a grown up who realizes we can disagree about which model provides more opportunities.[/quote]

Getting rid of it means school’s without advanced access will continue not to have them and kids are stuck.  This does not provide opportunities, it decreases them. [/quote]

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