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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the big news is:

1) They confirmed there will only be transportation from high schools, and you have to get to your local high school yourself
And 2) The [b]criteria-based programs will not pick the top candidates[/b], it'll be a lottery among those meeting the minimum criteria (similar to current CES and MS magnets approach)

Do I have that right?[/quote][b]This is equity.[/b][/quote]

No, this is idiocy. A complete destruction of the only two things that MCPS can be proud of - Blair and RM magnets. And gullible people think that this will somehow improve accessibility. It will not. The only decent magnet program after this move will be STEM at Blair and even this is under big question mark and assumes that they will manage to keep teachers. All other magnets will start as a joke, masquerading as magnets with fancy curriculums but with inadequate resources, teachers and students that were selected by lottery and not able to keep up with programs that are supposed to be above regular.

In the meantime, Whitman, the most hated school among those that celebrate this monstrosity is laughing because they miraculously managed to end up in the region with the only decent STEM magnet and will now share this precious resource with only a couple of schools.  [/quote]

It is frustrating that with so much community objections, this regional model is still going full speed [/quote]

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