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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand how the DCC makes it a lot easier to access high-level STEM classes than the proposed new model. As far as I can tell, the 2 schools in the DCC that have a lot of STEM classes are Blair and Wheaton- is that right? Now these 2 schools will be in different regions, but there will be other schools in those regions with strong STEM offerings.

Also the DCC doesn't mean you can choose whichever school you want; you have to be selected from the lottery.[/quote]

Location and with the new model less kids will have the opportunity to go.  Bussing kids to Whitman is a nightmare.  You have to get them back and forth to their home school and for when they go late or early you are fully responsible for transportation regardless of your job, other kids, and going cross county in traffic.  Wheaton and Whitman are much closer.  Plus, the culture is very different.  We could afford to live in a w school area and choose not to. [/quote]

And, if you don’t get into the magnets you can try to lottery or cosa in and still take stem.  Wheaton and Blair are 10-15 one way, Whitman could easily be 30 minutes driving directly. More either way traffic. [/quote]

The time complaints ring hollow when many of the DCC kids already choose 45+ minute bus rides.[/quote]

What you are saying is: "A small number of DCC kids currently in high school have chosen long commutes to access the same courses Whitman and BCC kids have at their home schools, so it's okay to make future DCC kids travel further". What kind of a POS are you?[/quote]

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