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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 the "people who don't like this are just dumb and don't understand" is very on brand for MCPS CO[/quote]

Iterative system design process means that we start with a general overall design and then refine it. For example, a sculptor starts with measurements or a general outline, then gradually adds in the next round of details.

Since this is an iterative design using community input, the details can change flexibly as more information becomes available.

In the case of MCPS program implementation, you get a general sense that access and transportation would be improved through a six-region plan with programs that fall under the various program themes, but you would not yet expect a full breakdown of details like exact cost, exact curriculum, teachers, etc until further in the process.

It’s a simple concept we all use  in sculpting/sewing/sketching but sometimes what may seem obvious to some is not always obvious to everyone.[/quote]

But the initial design was riddled with errors, lacked insight into individual schools and their offerings, and didn’t account for documented demand (or lack thereof) for particular course progressions. MCPS didn’t analyze current programs to identify strengths, they didn't examine their own failures with past programs, and they were resistant to feedback from staff and parents who had experience with both success and programs.

This wasn’t a process of improving a solid concept. It’s been a process of deploying multiple sets of massive revisions to deal with the profound design flaws. [/quote]

+1 There are many people in addition to the design team members that have spent many hours trying to understand the proposals and their potential impact on our high school cluster and on organizing and advocacy.

It's incredibly stressful for our communities to watch CO staff run around proposing crazy things left and right and then having to try to somehow reach them to explain why what they are proposing is crazy. Community members should not have to spend hours and hours trying to address flaws that would never have been there had they been proactive in engaging and working with communities and school staff while developing their proposals. What they are doing is trying to ram through what they want and giving lip service to the people they upset the most. This is an exhausting and frankly abusive process.[/quote]

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