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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there any DCC people/orgs starting to pull things together?  People we should contact if we want to get involved?  Facebook groups or listservs where we can communicate about this?  (If folks are creating new ones, probably makes sense for it to be focused on looking out for the DCC's interests both around the boundary study and program analysis/proposed DCC abolishment?  Or just a broader DCC-families-united type group that can include but not be limited to advocacy for those goals?)  Sign-on letters being drafted and circulated?

I don't have the capacity to start any of them myself but would love to plug in if they're moving elsewhere.  And I think if we don't start organizing and coordinating ourselves in those ways we're not going to succeed.[/quote]

What issues do you see as common for the "DCC Community" to advocate around in regards to the boundary study and program analysis? The reality is the DCC is large with a lot of economic diversity. My home is in-bounds for Einstein. I've had kids at Blair and Einstein and of course know families with kids at other DCC schools. These are middle class and upper middle class families (the most likely to know about these issues and to advocate), and I'm not sure there would be a lot of agreement amongst them about what we should be advocating for in terms of the DCC community.[/quote]

DP - not getting rid of the DCC, for one?  I don’t know any parents here who want that.  And if they insist on getting rid of it, DCC high schools should *all* have advanced academic options for kids.

Those seem like pretty universal issues.[/quote]

The entire plan is that all high schools should have advanced academic options for kids! Or are you the poster who defines "advanced academic options" to mean solely offering MVC? [/quote]

DP but I for one would rather have the advanced classes offered at all schools rather than go through the DCC choice process and potentially end up at a school that doesn't have them.  Maybe that's where some of the advocacy should focus- e.g., I think there is concern that by Einstein getting smaller, there wouldn't be enough students interested in certain advanced classes to offer them.  Well, maybe it doesn't make sense to enforce the same minimum at each school when the total number of students differs that much?  Just a thought.[/quote]

The point is that MCPS has been clear that every school will offer at least AP Calculus BC. I don't think it is unrealistic to say "If your kid wants to go beyond AP Calculus BC, please consider one of these magnet programs."

The same goes for a kid who wants to take three dance periods a day. That kid should apply to a performing arts magnet.

It's FINE for schools to specialize, actually. [/quote]

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