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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pretty sure these are the regions:

BCC
Blair 
Einstein
Northwood
Whitman

Churchill
WJ
Wheaton
Woodward

Crown
Gaithersburg
Northwest
Seneca Valley
Watkins Mill

Blake
Paint Branch
Springwood
Sherwood

Kennedy
Magruder
RM
Rockville
Wootton

Clarksburg
Damascus
Poolesville
QO[/quote]

I saw the document before it was taken down and this matches it. BUT don’t forget this could change. Unlikely but possible. And also, don’t forget that many of us do not know what our zoned option even is yet. Depending on how the boundary study shakes out I’d be in different regions.

In the document it said that some programs would be criteria based and others interest based, as they are now. There was no mention of a lottery and the poster who assumed that could not have based it on anything. I am not positive but I think something in the document referred to sorting out admissions criteria and process. Obviously they will need to figure that out, and will it be done by each individual program as it is now, or centrally?

I personally think they are potentially overestimating how many students want to enter a special program for high school. I think the allure of some of the top programs right now is cohort and established excellence, not the narrow focus or specialty itself. I agree with the PP who said lumping this together with the boundary study is muddying a lot of details. I’m concerned they are going to scale up a lot of these programs in places where they will either be over or under subscribed because people haven’t sorted whether their zoned option suits their needs. It’s also hard to know as an 8th grader what high school courses or pathways you will want or need and very little help is given to families to plan this out at all. [/quote]

While many students are interested in attending established programs like Blair SMAC, Poolesville SMAC, or RM IB due to their strong reputations and academic rigor, that doesn’t mean they would be equally eager to enroll in a brand-new SMAC or IB program in a different region. New programs come with uncertainty and unproven track records, which pose significant risks for students making important educational decisions. Instead of expanding opportunities, this approach may actually limit these students’ chances to attend the established programs they aspire to , effectively taking away options rather than creating them.[/quote]

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