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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't be fooled - these regional programs are just MCPS/BOE way of decreasing the furor around the boundary studies. When Blake opened, MCPS created the NEC so that they wouldn't have to make hard boundary lines. Same with the reopening of Northwood, which created the DCC. Instead of making tough boundary decisions that no one every likes, it was easier to just create the consortia - parents feel they have a choice and much of the heat is taken off MCPS/BOE.

Skip ahead to 2025. There are two new high schools opening (Crown and Woodward). Boundary studies are done and people are up in arms about the proposals. MCPS is going back to the old playbook and making countywide regions (essentially consortia) so the boundary lines are soft and not hard - thereby lessening the complaints about the boundaries.

News flash though - the consortia overall have been failures. While many parents and students have been happy about being given some choice, the consortia have destroyed the community feel of the high schools. Transportation costs have skyrocketed. Many of the signature programs are not that special - maybe a few extra sections or courses offered due to increased interest from students with similar interests consolidating at a school.

Maybe the new regional model will be more successful, but more than likely it will only result in increased transportation costs, less community feel of schools, challenges with participation in extracurriculars and lots of issues with implementation. Hopefully I am wrong though.[/quote]

Not true about the dcc.  [/quote]

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