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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI if I was an MCPS administrator looking at where to place an IB magnet in region 1, I would not look at Einstein. Their scores are not good, across all demographic groups.[/quote]

But their scores would be better if they had a criteria-based regional magnet.[/quote]

Between Einstein and BCC, sup would definitely favor the latter. So you are really defending an argument that has deemed to fail. [/quote]

Go back to the "needle" post (10/01/2025 12:47 on page 4).

Sure, the in-place resources at B-CC point towards the IB being there.  Same with Humanities.  The point is, though, that this arrangement, especially in combination, creates much greater inequity within the region...

...as do the associated local set-asides as long as they are proportionately greater in relation to their local-catchment student populations than the magnet seating afforded to the rest of the region.

Each says something very foul about the assumptions that MCPS decision-makers are making with regard to the worth of the different communities.  We thought their aim was equity and their assumption was that "highly capable students are everywhere."  It turns out that this is far from their true thoughts on the matter, and it is only to be touted when clearly supporting their proposal, which they know undermines equity when applied to academic rigor.

It seems their view of equity is quite narrow, then.  This is a shame, as it enables a prejudice of low expectations that, with this reinforcement, will persist and confound efforts to address even their narrower equity objectives.

With this combined boundary-and-program change effort being their one hail mary opportunity for the foreseeable future, they are calling up a wishbone formation run play.  Quite sad.[/quote]

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