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[quote=Anonymous][quote] If you look at the pathway these kids take in high school, it includes AP US history in 9th, AP Gov in 20th, AP Bio and Chem, AP English... And your argument is that these kids wouldn’t otherwise be college bound? In what world do kids take all these APs and then not go to college?[/quote]

Whoa, please walk out of your bubble! Northwood is a high poverty school. There are MANY kids who have no way to pay for college. They can't even conceive of how they would do it. Its a luxury for many to simply stay in school to graduate rather than drop out and start working full time even ifs just minimum wage. Some of these kids have high aptitude but not high enough to get a full scholarship. This program enables them to get an AA degree. MCPS also pushes many kids into AP classes and you see the corresponding failure rates. Part of this to make MCPS numbers of kids taking AP courses look better and some is a questionable argument that even if a kid fails it was a good experience to expose them to a higher level class. So as the program grows, you will have kids who fail AP exams but can easily pass a Montgomery Community College class. This is still good for kids who have no way of paying for college because they can come out with an AA.

For kids whose parents can pay for college or plan to take out loans, this option is only good if their top pick is UMD and you have confirmed that your intended school/major will accept those credits. Call the Dean's office for the school that awards the degree major that your child is interested in taking and talk to them about whether those classes are accepted for credit. If you get an associate or assistant dean (do not worry the title sounds high level but its not, these are accessible friendly people) they will usually be happy to talk with you and share whether there are any potential changes in the future on what is or isn't transferrable. I would not ask MCPS as they have zero control over what these schools will or will not do.

Its also pretty dubious as to why MCPS is inviting a student from Tilden to come to Northwood which is extremely overcrowded. The Tilden student, who probably can afford college anyway, would be better served taking advanced courses at their home school rather than moving to Northwood for the community college program. The Northwood students would be better served having an in boundary FARMS student take the seat. [/quote]

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