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If MCPS was kicking the can down the road, my interpretation of the reason was because the Maryland Blueprint for Excellence may have unintended consequences, and MCPS was reluctant to add an extra graduation requirement that may make it harder for some students to graduate.  It is good content, but requiring a semester class is a narrow approach that may not work.[/quote]

yes- this is what convinced them.[/quote]

Again, misses the point -- [b]MCPS didn't bother to prepare any alternatives to an in-class requirement[/b], which they knew would be voted down, in line with their recommendation.  They effectively abandoned a good idea -- ensuring that graduates have an understanding of personal finance -- with the straw man of that having to be accomplished only with a class.  O'Looney and one or two others were left to try to construct a solution on the spot, themselves, offering amendments to try to incorporate ideas like SSL hours or the like.  Of course, the other BOE members could then vote against these, saying that they hadn't been evaluated by MCPS staff, [b]which the MCPS professionals/higher-ups know should have been part of their preparation/presentation in the first place[/b].

Absolutely shameful.[/quote]

Actually there were several alternatives included in the document presented at the meeting, including: a personal finance elective, an online financial literacy course, quantitative literacy, and financial literacy modules:

[url]https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/CF3T5R75BAC9/$file/Financial%20Literacy%20Recommendation%20220607.pdf[/url][/quote]

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