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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MVC lady has moved on the linear algebra.  The point is the same.  [/quote]

I'm not the MVC lady.

Whitman has 3 different AP physics classes while many schools have none. That is just one example.[/quote]

That seems a little unnecessary? [/quote]

Apparently these are good classes to do if you want to get into a good engineering program. Too bad if your school offers none of them.[/quote]

Ok but colleges know if your school doesn’t have these classes and wouldn’t expect you to have taken them. [/quote]

Fair enough, I guess Whitman kids don't necessarily get an admissions advantage but will be vastly better prepared. Good for them. But let's not pretend that the DCC is this uniquely privileged area when schools like Whitman have massive numbers of advanced math, science and social studies courses that other schools don't have. Taking away the DCC and putting magnets at Whitman and BCC (for Region 1) is absurd and to call that "equity" is beyond offensive.[/quote]

They’re not putting anything new at BCC (IB is already there) and you’re getting a new magnet at your school, actually you will have multiple magnets in different areas (medical AND visual arts) plus you will retain IB just for zoned students at Einstein. And your overcrowding will be relieved. And you can access ANY of the magnets at the schools in your region, some of which are much better than Einstein and offer 3 physics classes and MVC. But you are unsatisfied. [/quote]

1. New magnet at Einstein - sure great, after Einstein complained they gave us Biomedical, but that is only meaningful if they actually provide resources for it, but they've told us they basically wont do that
2. The VAC already exists but is being downgraded
3. Knowing the size of the current IB program at Einstein it seems highly unlikely it will survive for various reasons (lower enrollment, no DCC choice, kids going to BCC)
4. Many Einstein kids will not be able to swing the commute to other high schools, especially Whitman, so to say Einstein kids "can access" those classes there is pretty disingenuous. Those that do will be disproportionately White and Wealthy. Whitman does not need more White and Wealthy kids.

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