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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with the DCC is that it seems like you have access to stuff but you don’t.

We are zoned for Einstein.  It’s a great school and neighbors love it, but it doesn’t have advanced STEM programming.  If you want that, MCPS says, go to Wheaton.  But despite putting Wheaton first on the lottery, my STEM kid didn’t get assigned Wheaton.  So he goes to Einstein (without any close friends) and can’t get access to programs available to peers because he lost a lottery.  Einstein says they don’t have enough interest to have advanced STEM classes, and they are probably mostly right, but that’s because some of those kids were shipped elsewhere.

He has made friends and will be fine.  But the DCC process will always result in things like this.  Having specialized high schools is fine, but only if access is real for every kid.  
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I have 3 kids and inbound for Blair. Because of the DCC, each one of my kids were able to fully explore their interests; one at Einstein, one at Wheaton and one at Blair. 
We actually moved from DC to MoCo to have this opportunity, and we know a few other families who had done the same thing. 
Grateful for the DCC. [/quote]

Yes, it works best for Blair kids since it’s so overcrowded there that they can go someplace else more easily.  [b]But public school should be about what works for all (or most),[/b] not paying extra for a system that privileges some kids over others.   [/quote]
It works for most. [/quote]

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