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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In taking the suggestion to push the BOE hard on delaying the regional model implementation, I also think they should face a lot of pressure to either select Option B from the current slate or another one altogether that doesn’t significantly increase Einstein’s FARMS rate.  They need to be pushed hard on both fronts.

Are the upcoming Facilities and Boundaries Hearings good places to do this?[/quote]

Each of the four options have Einstein with a FARMS rate of 40-46%.[/quote]

The current FARMS rate at Einstein is 37.5%.  Option B is 40%.  I’d say that’s better than the other options, wouldn’t you?[/quote]

A little, but is it a meaningful difference? I don't know. Especially with BCC staying unchanged at 22.5%, it seems absurd that Einstein's rate should go up at all.[/quote]

Stop trying to turn this into a conflict with BCC. BCC is not geographically adjacent to Woodward at all. Why does it matter to you what BCC’s FARMs rate is? It is not similar to Einstein currently so I don’t get why you think these schools must shuffle kids across town to get matching demographics starting in 2027?[/quote]

Nobody has ever claimed MCPS should match demographics at all schools. But they should be utilizing their facilities effectively and in ways that help all students access appropriate educational opportunities. Instead they are pulling the highest achieving kids with the most resources to manage what I imagine will be limited transportation for magnets out of Einstein to BCC and other academic magnets. They should have moved Woodlin ES (which is not close to Einstein) to BCC and put ToK in Einstein. Instead of supercharging the existing segregation.[/quote]

So, basically more of the same.  There will not be many slots to bus kids.  It’s all for show and making change for the sake of saying you did something.  TOK has not been to Einstein in many years and moving them will not fix the issues.  [/quote]

It won't fix the issues but it will:
- stop bussing for ToK since we know bussing is bad!
- not make the issues worse.[/quote]

Folks should realize at this point that TOK going to Einstein is a nonstarter. Focus on engaging with the work that’s been done so far to improve the outcome. At a minimum - highlight that option C disproportionately increases the FARMS rate at Einstein far more than other schools which is both unfair and bad policy, and that if VAPA isn’t going to be a regional magnet then Einstein should get a criteria based magnet current slated for BCC (so either IB or Humanities) in exchange for BCC getting the education magnet. Decisionmakers are more likely to align behind these easier fixes. Re: Option C - there are other problems with it as well, eg more split articulation than Options A and B and worse facility utilization than Option D. [/quote]

+1 seriously listen to this poster. You are all spending a lot of time letting perfect be the enemy of the good. Advocate for what you can reasonably get, not something aspirational that will get turned down. [/quote]

[b]It's honestly bizarre that it isn't even being considered. Maybe the political forces against equity are too strong - but let's not let them gloss over that fact and pretend this is what all parents want.
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Btw it took me a couple of hours of looking at the initial options to understand the pros and cons of each and write them into the survey, clicking back and forth between the maps and the tables. It's a process clearly designed for people with more time, education and technology. Of course they got more responses from the highest resourced neighborhoods. And I honestly think they trolled the west county folks a bit with Option 3. Instead of focusing on contiguous clusters they did stuff that any reasonable person would think is unreasonable But sending ToK to the high school located in Kensington is simply not unreasonable and shpuld be on the table minus poison pill sh$t like sending Farmland to Kennedy. I have to give it to MCPS, they sure set it up well to get the feedback they wanted.[/quote]

+1 MCPS loves to say "equity" when they oppose different English classes for different abilities, but the idea of having Kensington kids attend the Kensington high school? That's a bridge too far.[/quote]

Not all kids go to their local schools.  There is no such thing as equity, which is why they took it out of their new moto.  No one cares that the Town kids don't go to Einstein.  Let them go to WJ.[/quote]

Einstein families care when their FARMS rate is going up, as it is they have fewer advanced courses than wealthier schools, and their IB and VAPA programs are likely to be significantly weakened or eliminated. Wealthier people bring resources, even if some of them don't attend. We didn't care until we realized what MCPS plans to take away from our community.[/quote]

IB is already weak! Only 60some kids in the whole school on the IB diploma track. That is embarrassing.

900 kids in VAPA courses. That’s what people should be waking up about! Only 200 spots available at the Northwood criteria based performing arts academy in that region. If Casement doesn't move, students might still register for music classes.

We need Einstein data on how many kids currently enrolled in VAPA classes are currently zoned for Einstein. Wheaton is our hoke school but my kid chose Einstein for the music classes. 
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So based off of student interest. Einstein Educational Regional program should go to BCC. BCC Humanities Regional program should go to Northwood. Northwood Performing Arts Regional Program should go with Einstein Visual Arts Program. [/quote]

Hopefully they change it to this![/quote]

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