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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ But it’s in the STEM box of that CTE slide, with things like cybersecurity and agricultural. Makeup artist is an awkward fit, at best, with those things.[/quote]

Yes, as a PP already explained, they're trying to rearrange all of the CTE programs to fit into the five broad categories. Not everything fits perfectly.[/quote]

It makes much more sense in the entrepreneurship, arts, or healthcare box.

I think I agree with this PP: “That MCPS considers cosmetology STEM is more disturbing than mixing up cosmology with cosmetology.”

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PP who brought up this wording concern here. I originally thought it’s a typo, which is laughable, but now I intend to believe it’s not a typo. This is study team’s understanding about STEM, which is much more alarming. Anyway, just want to point out that cosmology is not in SMACS course offering.[/quote]

I think it's misguided but not alarming.  I think they want to be able to show there are some CTE/non-college-bound options in every bucket, alongside the options for college-bound kids.  Yes, cosmetology in the STEM bucket is kind of shoving a square peg into a round hole, but fairly harmlessly IMO.  They're not saying they're going to try to have the SMCS teachers teach cosmetology or anything dumb like that.  They're saying "how about we have a cosmetology teacher at Blair and we can pretend that and SMCS are kind of related."[/quote]

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