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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole program development process has been botched from the start, as the council members pointed out in so many words. Staff development and curriculum analysis, and a transportation analysis should have been conducted initially - these are the major components and they have yet to take place.[/quote]

Correct. I don't know how they thought they could set a deadline and timeline without those key assets in place.[/quote]

DP - they seem wedded to doing this at the same time as the boundary study, because of some flawed “foundations” metaphor that Essie McGuire keeps repeating.

They need to implement the boundary changes, wait a year or two to see how those shake out, and THEN begin the process of planning for regional programs.  Not concurrently.  To carry the foundations metaphor, they’re mixing novel ingredients they aren’t sure will combine to create a strong foundation.  They need to take the time to determine what will make the strongest foundation.[/quote]

Yeah. I get the argument that making the boundary changes is hard if the current state of magnets/regional programs is different than the future state, so the numbers will change as far as sending/receiving. But that doesn't make it possible for to do what they're trying to do in a 1-2 year time period just because they want it.[/quote]

2 years is plety of time to roll out for one grade in 6 schools. Not sure the issue. Can you elaborate?[/quote]
Understand the fiscal constraints, lack of comprehensive staff, budget, and staff analysis; lack of adequate public buy in and even public awareness, equitable distribution of clusters into regions with a robust amount if public engagement, transparency of the programs analysis, trying to implement enormous changes concurrently with rolling out 2 new high schools and managing the grandfathered programs, uncomprehensive selection of high schools for student focus groups; the plan will not solve the problem of the under utilized schools, the plan will weaken the currently successful magnets, the list goes on. Extending the timeline to at least a year is clearly needed. As it is, this “plan” is half baked.[/quote]

Yes, it will be hard for 3 years when overlap exists. but that will be the case no matter when we start.

Budget stuff - I have no idea about it so no comments

But there will be cost of not doing it with boudary change. We should be able to see capacity of all programs to get an idea and ideal will be to do it together.

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Budget stuff: already the council gives half of its budget to MCPS. This proposal will require a great deal more than half of its budget—money that the council is not likely to have.

The main point is it is irresponsible to pass a half-baked enormous proposal that will impact every cluster. A linger timeline is needed for proper analysis.[/quote]

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