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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ELC is going away because mcps is now using CKLA through 8th grade. 
Sounds like Margaret Cage, who is new to mcps, pushed for CKLA based on her previous school district’s experience (from 10 years ago). [/quote]

But ELC was never based on the curriculum MCPS adopted. It was a stand-alone class based on the CES curriciulum. That is a HUGE loss.[/quote]
It’s really not the huge loss you’re making it out to be. ELA wasn’t the actual CES curriculum; it was just an enriched version of the standard curriculum that substituted some of the same books CES students were reading for the books that were part of the standard curriculum, plus some more challenging writing assignments. The value of ELA was advanced learners were cohorted together. If principals choose Model 1 from the OP (Enriched CKLA curriculum taught in cohorted advanced classes), that will still be the case. It will be fine. Just advocate for that model.

Model 1 – Enriched CKLA curriculum taught in cohorted advanced classes[/quote]

And yet some schools parents  are advocating for Model 1 only to be told that Model 2 is being chosen.

Further as a parent that had a student in ELC with a great teacher I can attest to how much it helps. Cohorting, other books, more writing, and bring in cross curricular topics from Science and History for discussion and writing.[/quote]

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