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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With Northwood getting the "Dance" pathway for 2027-28 and beyond, will this degrade/move teachers away from the dance program at Einstein? I know MCPS keeps saying every school can keep their existing "local" programs, but I'm confused as to what that means. I can't imagine there are a ton of high level dance teachers to go around. [/quote]

No, there is no additional funding attached to these programs—it's really just the designation itself. Einstein is actually adding a lot of improvements to their dance program. The issue is that Einstein has a stronger arts program than Northwood, and many students want access to those opportunities even if Einstein is not their home school.

Since the regional programs have not been finalized yet, we'll have to wait and see which schools receive which programs.[/quote]

Both are very good with arts.  It will depend each year on the students there.  [/quote]

It’s less about the students and more about the training and opportunities that each schools offers. Einstein should have the full arts regional program so students can take advantage of the opportunities.[/quote]

No, it's about the students.  Einstein doesn't have the full arts now as the principal doesn't support it.  They'd need to allocate a few more teachers for it to be a full arts regional and given the lack of academics its not going to draw students from other schools who are into stem and other specialties.  A bunch of students drop out senior year to go to MC due to the lack of offerings.

Many of the students are good, but if you compare them to other schools, they are average.  The higher-level arts students are all doing outside programs and private lessons.  The talented theater student last year was in YAA, taking private lessons and more.  You don't get that good at an MCPS school alone. [/quote]

What are you talking about? VAPA helped my child get scholarships to participate in YAA. I understand you’re upset with Mr. Brown but VAPA has been nothing but a positive experience for me and my child. [/quote]

You do realize everyone's experience is different.  Your child could have easily gotten to YAA without VAPA and gotten scholarships.  But, it’s much harder when you start in high school vs. starting in elementary school or middle school.  Glad your child is in YAA as it's a great program.  We aren't that impressed with VAPA.[/quote]

Plenty of parents are happy with the academy. If you're unhappy with it, I'd genuinely ask: what are you doing to help strengthen the program? Repeating the same complaints across multiple threads about Einstein's academics or how it compares to Duke Ellington isn't helping the students who are thriving there or the people working to improve it.[/quote]

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