Reply to Future Northwood parents, time to organize

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Future Northwood parents, time to organize"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Northwood should have the criteria-based performing arts program reinstated ASAP for starters.[/quote]

But why? I have a child who wants to join the Law Academy at Northwood. When my oldest attended Northwood, the arts program wasn’t that prominent. I fully support Einstein having the Performing Arts Magnet — that’s what the school is known for. However, the real issue is that the county seems unwilling to give Northwood the Humanities program because they don’t view our students as thinkers, future lawmakers, or leaders. A Humanities program could benefit Northwood tremendously, but instead, they’re giving both of our academy programs to the “W” schools.[/quote]

there's only one "w" school in the region....[/quote]

Oh come on, you know what she means.  Lots of people consider BCC an honorary W school.[/quote]

B-CC, with a 25% FARMS rate and less than 50% white, is very different from Whitman. It’s convenient for people on this board to lump them together to say “the W schools” are getting everything in an us vs. them way, but it’s not that simple. [/quote]

BCC may be different than Whitman but it's not much different then WJ.  Definitely a W school in all but the letter, and pedantic to criticize the PP for calling it a W.  Yes, Whitman is super-rich and that's different, but there's no point pretending BCC is not also among the richest schools in the county

I agree there are some nuances here and I would absolutely argue that BCC should be prioritized over Whitman for special programs and other advantages-- but also that DCC schools should be prioritized over BCC.  (And schools like Kennedy prioritized over schools like Einstein.). It's a spectrum for sure, but the "BCC is sooo diverse and has sooo many poor kids, we're not a rich school at all" act just makes it seem like you haven't looked around the county and your only point of comparison is a place like Whitman., which makes no sense.  You are among the better-off schools and you should own it.

(Speaking of,  I'm not sure what county or century you think you're in, but around half white is the whitest MCPS high schools get.  Even Whitman is only around 55% white and everywhere else is around where you are or lower.)[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics