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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I think its great to advocate, I'm not sure if this is really that bad for Einstein. In some ways doesn't the DCC create a situation where the science/math oriented kids tend to go to other schools? So if you limit choice as proposed by the regional model, wouldn't you have a more balanced student body that supports a more balanced set of courses?[/quote]

Correct but even then if you don't get into a magnet or lottery you are out of luck.  Your choice is to go to MC or go without.[/quote]
+1 The regional model would ironically limit choice, and not just for DCC. DCC is great because over the decades, parent, student, and staff have developed a magnet system for arts, engineering, etc, that we deeply value, not to mention a great community. To dismantle it without the opportunity for robust public input is irresponsible and wrong.[/quote]

But that's the point according to Taylor--DCC/NEC have had access to this special system that the majority of MCPS schools have not had access to, which he says is inequitable.[/quote]

For those of us not in the DCC, explain how this system is not inequitable for our kids and why we should support retaining it for yours when we don’t had access to anything similar. [/quote]

Folks, don't quarrel against each other for equitable access to existing excellent programs, as the regional model is not trying to replicate in any sense. Please watch the Oct. 16 BOE meeting for their updated sample curricula (they are supposed to share more). If you delve into the sample programs, you'll soon realize they are just trying to create 6X CTE programs. Your kids will have more access to CTE if everything is implemented perfectly, and the existing well-known academically rigorous programs will be completely destroyed.

For folks living outside of DCC/NEC and feel unfair that you don't have enough access to CTE programs, this is your chance to get equitable access.  [/quote]

If I’m reading between the lines, it sounds like the parents who bought a cheaper house in the DCC and worked the system to get into more rigorous classes in the DCC magnets now feel screwed because MCPS is changing the model. We’re talking about a narrow cohort of kids who now need another option and not the vast majority of the DCC kids. Do I have the right? Because if so, then that sounds awfully privileged. [/quote]

No, you don't get it. The DCC doesn't just have magnets, it has academies in all the schools that all the students can access. They can lottery into schools based on their interest in the academies. Maybe educate yourself before attacking people in communities you look down on but don't actually know anything about.[/quote]
+1000 Perfectly said. You are very patient to explain it to these uneducated PPs.[/quote]

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