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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]If the kids wanting advanced course offerings are not longer able to go to other schools (at least at the same rate as occurs with the DCC) wouldn’t there be more kids at Einstein demanding the advanced courses?  Wouldn’t that create the needed demand?[/quote]

Families are demanding it now but are told its a funding/staffing issue.[/quote]

Right bc a bunch of kids that would enroll are going to other schools.  The end of the DCC fixes that problem, yes?[/quote]

They keep the numbers equal so even if all those kids were at Einstein it wouldn't change as then they wouldn't let other kids lottery into Einstein.[/quote]

That’s about overall numbers not about demand for advanced coursework. The whole purpose of the DCC was so that kids interested in a thing could go to a different school.  Ergo it seems, based on the statements here, that the critical mass of students needed to support a class is lotterying to a different school.

Whatever draw Einstein had in the DcC did not appear to be the offering of advanced class work.[/quote]

The DCC academies weren't focused on advanced class work, they were focused on themed elective tracks.[/quote]

Understood.  Do other schools in the DCC offer the advanced coursework that Einstein lacks?  Would a student interested in that advanced coursework lottery into the other school?[/quote]

Yes, Blair and Wheaton would be the STEM-oriented schools which Einstein students might try to lottery into. But there are only a limited number of spots.[/quote]

+1 let's say with the current DCC model 1/4 of students out of 2000 zoned for Einstein are stem oriented in their interests. So 500. So 125 per grade. And let's say of those more than half, let's say 75, are currently choosing and getting Wheaton or Blair through the DCC choice process. That leaves 50 per grade that are focused on STEM (and some might be more math vs science vs engineering).

Now with the new boundaries there are 1600 kids total, 400 per grade and 100 stem focused kids. Now, only 20 per grade get into outside programs. That leaves 80 per grade focused on stem or an addition section.

Caveat that I made up all the math above.[/quote]

How do you figure only 20 kids would get into outside programs?  MCPS has said their goal is to have no waitlists for these programs and have enough seats to meet the full demand.[/quote]

So no qualifications just demand?  How can they possibly think they will replicate Blair or RMIB.  I guess kids will struggle and drop.[/quote]

The type of students Blair and RMIB bring in will be fine regardless of where they go, their home schools will get richer while the the Blair and RM will now reflect their native demographics and test scores at which point I assure you it will be obvious it isn’t the program it’s the kids. [/quote]

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