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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nearing the conclusion of a “community engagement” over changing the bell schedule where the teachers voted for the outcome prior to any community engagement, the process completely lacked transparency, the community surveys were a joke where questions were overtly biased and obviously meant to support a particular outcome, the consequences of the change in bell schedule where only clearly stated to “shareholders” when the process was too far gone, the administration refused to share the data from the surveys, the administration refused to provide information regarding when the final outcome of the “community engagement” would be sent to central office for approval or who it will be sent to, afterthought meetings to special groups such as the magnet program, and absolutely zero meetings with other majorly affected groups such as the autism program and other programs for children requiring extra enrichment. Not to mention the 14 page Google doc the magnet parents wrote in questions to per administrations request was never responded to. 
The bottom line, the arts and music programs at TPMS will be shells of their former selves with little to no magnet students, autism students, or students who need extra support being able to access these programs any longer.
Parents are threatening to pull their children and many feel like it’s been a huge bait and switch. 
Any family who is considering this school for next year and wondering if a long commute would be worth your child’s time, should think long and hard. [/quote]
Translation: I cannot get what I want, so I'm throwing tantrums and fear mongering. 
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No. Translation: with such heavy academics, kids deserve access to the arts and to have their mental health prioritized and the school they help to make look good should put at least some thought in to their wellbeing.

It’s not fear mongering. Making the community aware of a major change. There are many magnet families that only chose TPMS because of the schedule and access to arts as well as academics. Our kids commute nearly 3 hours a day to go to this school. If your kid was looking at that type of commute, do you think they’d choose it just to get the same thing they could get at their local school? Incoming kids and families deserve to know. The schedule is taking a hit and the electives program is taking a hit. It’s not just 1/3 of the school losing an arts elective. It will affect all the kids. More core subject teachers will be needed to make up for the decrease in number of classes taught per teacher but the budget is still for the same amount of teachers. That means less elective teachers because of that and because every kid is taking one less elective. It means less choice, less variety. The robustness and quality of the school will go down overall.

It’s not just parents no getting their way. It has far reaching affects for all students. 
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It’s a choice.  Three hour a day commute is absurd.  They should limit it to down county.  Go private.  [/quote]

Downcounty and upcounty both have a magnet.

Most of TPMS non-set-aside magnet students are west county.

If TPMS doesn't want west county students, and wants to be another low performing downcounty school, fine. MCPS, open a west county science magnet MS in Rockville, and then add a high school. 
Solve the problem of SMCS schools still only having 100+60 students despite  the +3SD IQ population tripling in the past 30 years and TJ having 500 students. [/quote]

The vast majority are NOT west county. Just looking at the magnet directory organized by home HS assignment, it's pretty straightforward. I love these fake assumptions that some people make with no basis in fact.[/quote]

[b]Now[/b] it is, because of lottery. They should finish the job. [/quote]

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