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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So does BOE actually care about public sentiment?  Bc it seems from DCUM that they vociferously oppose public and want to do the exact opposit[/quote]

I’m sure it’s tricky.  I remember seeing a slide about responses to the boundary study, and I noted that a much larger share of responses had come from W clusters.  The DCC was much less represented.  While I am sure the BOE is interested in feedback, I’m sure they note that not all perspectives are equally represented.[/quote]

As a DCC family, I know they don’t care about us so why bother.  They will make their decisions and we will make our decisions accordingly.  Worst case for us is we do a private virtual school or go private which we may anyway as we have no choice as one of my kids is struggling to get all the graduation requirements in due to lack of offerings.  [/quote]

All high schools offer classes for graduation. This doesn’t make sense[/quote]

No, they don't.  If your child starts Algebra in 6th they don't have enough math and are missing a year (assuming one year is AP stats).[/quote]

Look our friend has a math genius kid who is doing grade 11 and 12 math at MC virtual. His parents aren’t saying WJ doesn’t care about him or kids graduating. There are so many summer and evening classes at MC. You need to stop whining that no one cares and do more problem solving.[/quote]

Evening classes only work if your kids are in no sports or extracurricular activities.  So, that's not an option.[/quote]

Look, it seems you want the county to solve all the logistical problems and that's just not going to happen. Does there need to be more transportation times/options to MC, yes.  But believe that the school district is going to offer very very advance classes when the  population just isn't there for that, isn't going to happen.  Just because parents are choosing to accelerate their kids outside of school, it is not now on the district to figure out a way to keep these parents and students happy and engaged beyond a normal on-grade level or accelerated curriculum. As has already been noted, most school districts don't offer the level of magnets or special programs that MCPS does.  Now you're asking them to go beyond that, when there is a larger group of families that are asking them to provide more resource so that all the current programs can thrive and so that kids don't have to be bussed for hours each way.[/quote]

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