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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]I have to wonder which central office staffer thought to themselves "Whitman just doesn't have enough academically advanced kids with lots of resources, we need to bring more into Whitman from East county schools!"[/quote]

They probably think some families who can’t afford Whitman but want a top rated top resourced school would like a chance to apply in. It’s bizarre to me that people wouldn’t want at least the option for access to a school that is known to be the best. Fine if you don’t want to take advantage of the option and I get the downsides of the commute. But [b]it’s weird that you would think just because you wouldn’t want to send your kid there that nobody would. [/b][/quote]

It's weird for you to say this when my previous post clearly indicates my concern is that kids/families will want to go to Whitman, not that they won't.

Every MCPS school has academically advanced kids, of all racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. But the availability of advanced coursework in any given school is dependent on "interest" - or more specifically the cohort of academically advanced kids that are interested in taking the course. This is why Whitman's course bulletin lists 9 different AP social studies courses and Einstein has 5. The academically advanced cohort at Einstein is smaller than the one at Whitman (or BCC). Now, you take 50 kids from Einstein and put them in the humanities magnet, another 50 get into the languages program, another 50 go to BCC for IB. What do you think happens to the academically advanced kids that get left behind, either because they can't fit in a 1 hour each way commute or because they struck out in the lottery? They lose more humanities options at Einstein. If you don't put the humanities magnet at Whitman, nothing bad happens to them. Few Whitman students will go to BCC or Northwood, because they have so much advanced humanities courses at their home school. What would be the point of traveling all that way? Plus their cohort is large enough anyway.[/quote]

I honestly think they could swap the medical programs and put them at Whitman and put the Humanities program at Einstein and give back the performing arts to Northwood and everyone would feel a little more satisfied. [/quote]

DP - no, thank you.  I’m glad Einstein will have medical sciences.  Whitman doesn’t need anything special beyond being Whitman and I mean that sincerely.[/quote]

That’s fine, and you can have your opinion, but they are putting a program in every school so unless you think 24 schools should get a program and Whitman should be excluded because reasons, they’re going to get something. Honestly it doesn’t sound like Einstein people will be satisfied no matter what is offered to them. [/quote]

We want the same opportunities that your kids get at Whitman at our home schools.  If you get arts and academics, shouldn’t our kids as well.  I think you don’t understand the huge disparities at each school.

The medical program is very basic.  [/quote]

You’d be much better served advocating as a group for reasonable things like getting the Humanities magnet rather than asking for ridiculous things like getting the humanities AND medical AND performing arts and Northwood and Whitman getting nothing. It seems like you have several very reasonable posters but the unrealistic ones are hurting your cause. [/quote]

Um nobody I know from Einstein asked for these things. I personally don't want half the humanities kids siphoned off to Whitman. If humanities were at Northwood, I'd be much happier.

Why are you so insistent on misrepresenting what Einstein parents have actually advocated for? What's your agenda? Be honest.[/quote]

The only info I have on any of this is these threads where y’all can’t seem to find consensus and some people are coming across as unrealistic and others are frankly coming across as hysterical and mean. Others are coming across as normal and reasonable. Maybe it is unfathomable to you that an anonymous person with no skin in this or agenda would try to help you all distill your priorities down to something reasonable and practical, but it’s the truth. My own kids will not be affected by these changes in this region.  [/quote]

So you don't have any experience with Einstein or our community but you feel the need to misrepresent and dismiss our concerns? That's pretty bizarre.[/quote]

Quite the opposite. I’m literally saying that an outsider looking in can’t determine your community’s priorities/concerns because it seems like there is a lack of consensus based on all the various posts. That is not dismissing you. Nor is that misrepresenting you. [/quote]

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