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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This process should not leave any school worse off than it is now.

If MCPS can’t manage that, they need to scrap the whole plan and start over. [/quote]

I think the reason that's tough to do is because with Woodward and the new Northwood buildings, some schools are going to lose enrollment. And with Einstein being over-capacity, it makes sense that they are one of the schools losing students. But I think more effort should be made to preserve programs and classes for the students remaining at Einstein.[/quote]

It's understandable for Einstein to lose students.  But it's way too much for them to be losing students while simultaneously also 1) having no criteria-based academic programs, meaning they will lose many of their more advanced kids to the other regional schools with few from others coming to Einstein to balance it out; 2) significantly weakening VAPA and probably VAC and IB as well, hollowing out their current strengths; and 3) being one of the few schools with a notable increase in FARMS rates, which is likely to further decrease the demand for advanced courses.  [/quote]

Yep, I totally agree. The easiest and most obvious adjustment to make, as mentioned upthread, would be to swap the education interest-based program with one of the criteria programs at BCC (either IB or humanities). [/quote]

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