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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And yet we hear all of the time about how having to go to a different school for a program is inequitable due to transportation/time.  [/quote]

You’re dodging the question. Answer the PP. You just don’t like the fact that a program you were benefitting from wasn’t serving the needs or demand of most students in your region and MCPS decided to reallocate its resources accordingly. That’s a you problem, not an equity problem. [/quote]

I have no idea what I am supposed to answer.

I actually do think the DCC is problematic and should be changed. That doesn't mean the existing programs are catering to White and wealthy students. I know it's hard for you to understand, since you are too scared to step foot in a DCC school.

But you can't seriously claim that MCPS CO has effectively assessed the need or demand of "most students". That's preposterous. They didn't even talk to DCC staff about this until last week and have made some tiny adjustments to a proposal they have no idea how to cost out, much less implement.[/quote]

Why is the DCC problematic?  [/quote]

Because making students travel to further schools to access coursework (that is available for all students at wealthy schools) that meets their abilities and interests is inequitable and limits opportunities in the home schools. MCPS should focus on offering similar opportunities at all schools. And I think it has been particularly bad for Kennedy HS in terms of enrollment. In general, school choice has not been shown to help schools improve. It just moves resources around and not typically in an equitable way.

The regional program proposal does nothing to address this and can easily result in a loss of the resources DCC schools do have and an increase in resources for wealthier schools that already have more.[/quote]

[b]Actually it’s not[/b] if the demand isn’t there and you know it. It’s not just selfish, it’s financially irresponsible. And please be specific about what coursework you’re looking for beyond some agreed upon baseline. [/quote]
It's not what?

The demand is there, that's why the kids choose to travel further to school to access the coursework.

You're asking me for an analysis of coursework availability at different schools. And I get why you want me to do that, but my question is why don't you want MCPS to do that? They are predicating the program analysis on this notion that DCC schools have more offerings available than west county schools and so they need to make it "equitable" (they mean uniform), but they haven't shown us the data, because they haven't even thought about or looked at it.
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