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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So how is the DCC uniquely screwed by the new boundary options?  The OP never said.  The focus is solely on the end of the lotterying to other schools.[/quote]

There is nothing here which screw DCC specifically. Lotterying to other schools in large number shouldn;t exist anyway. It helps kids winning the lotery but harms kids who are left behind when schools become unequal. Everyone attending home school will help with keeping motivated kids in home school and stronger course offerings.[/quote]

They will not give stronger course offerings, especially with the reduction in staffing.  The schools are not equal or close by any means.  You are forced to MC if you can make it work,go without or cosa.  At least with the dcc you could try.  [/quote]
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While I think there are good reasons to oppose the regional model, I think we need to read the room. There are numerous equity concerns wrt the DCC which mainly benefits wealthier DCC kids that are willing to travel. It has been detrimental to Kennedy for example and to Einstein to a lesser extent. Demanding to keep the DCC is not going to be successful. I think focusing on inequality in course offerings is a better strategy. Demand they publish lists of courses offered and students enrolled in them by school.[/quote]

Transportation is a huge issue but so is number of open seats at each school.  They cannot fix the course offerings with the current admin so that a good but moot point.  [b]There are some admin who don’t believe or want ap classes [/b]and treat the so students very differently if you reach out with a concern.  What will happen is more families will move or go private.  Our plan is private if this happens.  [/quote]

So make them come out and say it. Publish the data for every school. Which courses are being offered and how many students are taking them.[/quote]

You can look at any schools course offerings and see what is offered that year.  It’s no secret.  It’s pretty well known for that administrator.  Nothing you can do but find a solution on your own.  Forget asking them for help and the guidance counselors need their approval or they cannot help either.  [/quote]

Publish it in one place with enrollment numbers for each course. The enrollment is important.[/quote]

Sorry, MCPS does not believe in accountability, transparency and all those things taxpayers deserve.[/quote]

The Council can request these numbers. They can request it every year. [/quote]

They can but don't.[/quote]

Demand it. People showed up on Thursday. Keep showing up and demand something they can't pretend they can't do. There are a lot of things the Council actually can't do but this is something they absolutely can do.[/quote]

Demand what?  People have demanded things before and got stonewalled.  This is a hopeless cause.  The only thing we can do is vote the BOE and county council out as they have failed us.[/quote]

Sounds like you are trying to stop people from demanding that the County Council request for data from MCPS on:
- Courses offered and student enrollment for each course at each school
- for each school, number of classes taken at other schools by students enrolled at that school, and where they took the classes and which classes[/quote]

Your logic makes no sense.  If the county council wanted it, they would ask for it.  Same with the BOE.  You can do an information request and share it.  This is a done deal.  Debating it isn't going to make a difference.  The W's will continue to be "good" schools and the other schools will decline and there may be higher farms rates with flight.  The principals, MCPS, BOE and county council have had many opportunities to clean it up and instead its continued to decline.[/quote]

You sounds threatened.[/quote]

Threatened by what?  Why are you agreeing to this and think its a good idea?

Its veyr much a done deal.[/quote]

your attitude is sad.[/quote]

Why is it sad?  MCPS has decided this is what they are doing and going ahead despite expressed concerns.  The BOE could stop it and isn't.  The County Council can firmly come out and say they are not giving any extra funding so figure out how to make this work, and they aren't.  The W schools will be fine... its the rest of the schools that will not creating an even bigger divide.[/quote]

it is sad because you are so defeatist and whiney.  you complain but say nothing can be done.  do something to help your child(ren) if you don't feel MCPS is helping them.[/quote]

So, what do you propose to do about it?  You think testifying helps?  No

We are doing something about it.  We pay for tutoring and extracurricular activities outside of MCPS and spend a significant amount of money monthly to ensure our kids have access to better academics, private lessons, and opportunities to pursue their interests.[/quote]

yes, what you are doing in terms of supplementing outside of school is the thing to do.  As you argue so vociferously, MCPS won't change.  The only thing to do is help your children otherwise.

This is the tale of public schools.  It is what it is.[/quote]

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