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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the program groupings for region 1?[/quote]

Brand new and not up online yet.  The changes I remember is that they are sending the criteria-based humanities program from BCC (bad) to Whitman (much worse), and that they are letting Einstein keep only the music part of the performing arts magnet (theater and dance at Northwood.)[/quote]

Einstein also has medical science and healthcare[/quote]

Einstein has no advanced science and math classes so what does this look like. [/quote]
9th and 10th grade - honors bio and honors chem, cohorted
11th and 12 grade science are IB Bio and IB Physics
And a "Biomedical" sequence

Math is Algebra 1 in 9th grade, Algebra 2 in 10th, and then for 11th and 12th it says "secondary math pathway"[/quote]

So, they aren’t adding any5ing.  Algebra in 9th is the slowest path.  [/quote]

Yes, this is also my observation. This "special biomedical science program" is subpar than what a normal HS can offer to a high-achiever. For a student who would like to become a doctor, they'd better stay in local HS, take AP classes, and their resume would look better than those go through this program. [/quote]
So why should taxpayers give millions more than we already pay for these underwhelming and inequitable programs?

[b]We should focus on strengthening our core subjects, especially in K–8[/b], which is where the inequity starts, as Maloo and I think Stewart pointed out. If we need to spend more taxpayer money, spend it on fixing the actual source of the inequity. [/quote]

This is what is needed.  Not a great program shuffle[/quote]

1,000 percent this. [/quote]

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