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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SMCs will be criteria based and all others will be lottery/ interest. It’s awful![/quote]

I thought they said each of the 5 areas would have both criteria-based and interest-based options?[/quote]

Each of the 5 program areas (STEM, IB/Humanities, Arts, etc), I mean.[/quote]

Yes STEM criteria based, all others interest.[/quote]

Where did you see/hear that?  I have been following very closely and haven't seen anything like that.[/quote]

See slide 33

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DJVQ4P6782A9/$file/Sec%20Prog%20Analysis%20Boundary%20Studies%20Engaga%20Plan%20Update%20250724%20PPT.pdf[/quote]

Huh? Slide 33 doesn't say that at all.  Slide 33 is an example of one of the program categories (the STEM one), illustrating how each program will have a mix of criteria and interest-based pathways but the interest-based pathways may vary from region to region.  It says that some pathways within the program will be criteria-based (SMCS) and others will be interest-based (cyber-security, data science, etc ) The other 4 program types (IB/humanities, healthcare, arts/design, and leadership/public service) are not on this slide because it's just an example, but they will also have a mix of criteria and interest based pathways.  Have you even been watching the meetings?[/quote]

And Health shows all interest based too a few slides later . The fact they don’t describe anything else as criteria based specifically is worrisome.[/quote]

So they are proposing 5 '"programs" and then multiple pathways within each program.  Slide 33 is an example of one specific program (STEM) with what some of the pathways within it could look like. Slide 35 drills down further and gives an example of one particular pathway (in this case, the "Clinical Healthcare Pathway (interest-based)", one of multiple pathways that fall under the "Medical Science and Healthcare" program.). There will likely be a number of other pathways under Medical Science and Healthcare as well including one that is criteria-based, probably something along the lines of the Wheaton biomedical program.  Slide 35 doesn't show "all interest based' pathways for health, it literally only looks at one of the many medical science/healthcare pathways and it just happens to be an interest-based one.[/quote]

Do they have any options that teach proper use of hyphens in compound adjectives vs. predicate adjectives? [/quote]

You are asking for too much. Aside from their education degrees, the superintendent has a social studies degree and the chief academic offer has a psychology degree. The head of the consortia program driving this locomotive has a BS in Human Ecology and Education. This is the brain trust that is making the decisions for the new program initiatives in MCPS. [/quote]

Let’s keep this discussion relevant.  Plenty of people have various degrees in various fields.  And the Superintendent has a doctorate in education and a MBA.[/quote]

Their subject area expertise is relevant. Take a look at the magnet curriculum. No one in central office knows what it takes to sequence and build that program. You can’t push copy and paste on something like this.[/quote]

Yep. They don’t know/don’t care. [/quote]

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