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Anonymous wrote:I like that one of the board’s aim is for every high school to offer 1–2 programs open to regional students.

Been advocating this for a while and glad to see it’s caught on!

I’m fine with that but don’t kill the flagship magnet programs

If they replicate the flagships, keeping the rigor & breadth (within chosen programs, not necessarily regionally replicating the breadth of all current HS magnet programs) but making the programing available to more students and in closer proximity, there would be no need for flagships, per se. There are enough amongst the ~12k students per year to fill magnet seats regionally while keeping the high curricular standard.

If they regionalize without that underlying commitment to rigor/breadth, allowing "local pull" from the regional populations to determine the breadth & rigor at each regional site, then they would be doing a disservice to the very population they purport to support. The regions with greatest wealth would become de facto "flagships." That insidious prejudice of low expectation, ignoring obligation to individual ability-commensurate opportunity and fueled by the self-reinforcing reality of relative ignorance of academic possibilities, has ruled for quite long enough, thank you.

I have zero confidence in MCPS in academic excellence. Their goal is equity, not excellence. This is reflected in many aspects for many years.

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Anonymous wrote:I like that one of the board’s aim is for every high school to offer 1–2 programs open to regional students.

Been advocating this for a while and glad to see it’s caught on!

I’m fine with that but don’t kill the flagship magnet programs

If they replicate the flagships, keeping the rigor & breadth (within chosen programs, not necessarily regionally replicating the breadth of all current HS magnet programs) but making the programing available to more students and in closer proximity, there would be no need for flagships, per se. There are enough amongst the ~12k students per year to fill magnet seats regionally while keeping the high curricular standard.

If they regionalize without that underlying commitment to rigor/breadth, allowing "local pull" from the regional populations to determine the breadth & rigor at each regional site, then they would be doing a disservice to the very population they purport to support. The regions with greatest wealth would become de facto "flagships." That insidious prejudice of low expectation, ignoring obligation to individual ability-commensurate opportunity and fueled by the self-reinforcing reality of relative ignorance of academic possibilities, has ruled for quite long enough, thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:I like that one of the board’s aim is for every high school to offer 1–2 programs open to regional students.

Been advocating this for a while and glad to see it’s caught on!

I’m fine with that but don’t kill the flagship magnet programs

Anonymous wrote:I like that one of the board’s aim is for every high school to offer 1–2 programs open to regional students.

Been advocating this for a while and glad to see it’s caught on!

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Anonymous wrote:The survey is absolutely a sugar-coated hoax, trying to disguise their intended purpose of eliminating county-wide HS magnet programs (Blair SMACs, Poolsville, RMIB) by asking you if you prefer less bus time.

If you try to feel the survey without context, one would naturally think yes, I'd like less bus time. That's exactly what they want to hear, so please make sure to fill in the comment session to make it clear.

Is it really that big a deal to replicate a few more of these programs so more kids can access magnet programs without having massive commutes or (more likely) missing out entirely because the commute is unmanageable?

MCPS simply just doesn’t have so many good teachers who can teach magnet courses.

Then that is a hiring and training issue that should be resolved. Which is different than where programs should be. Resourcing of programs is something that keeps coming up from the BOE and apparently groups they talk to.

The pay isn’t enough to give up another career.

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Anonymous wrote:The survey is absolutely a sugar-coated hoax, trying to disguise their intended purpose of eliminating county-wide HS magnet programs (Blair SMACs, Poolsville, RMIB) by asking you if you prefer less bus time.

If you try to feel the survey without context, one would naturally think yes, I'd like less bus time. That's exactly what they want to hear, so please make sure to fill in the comment session to make it clear.

Is it really that big a deal to replicate a few more of these programs so more kids can access magnet programs without having massive commutes or (more likely) missing out entirely because the commute is unmanageable?

MCPS simply just doesn’t have so many good teachers who can teach magnet courses.

Then that is a hiring and training issue that should be resolved. Which is different than where programs should be. Resourcing of programs is something that keeps coming up from the BOE and apparently groups they talk to.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The survey is absolutely a sugar-coated hoax, trying to disguise their intended purpose of eliminating county-wide HS magnet programs (Blair SMACs, Poolsville, RMIB) by asking you if you prefer less bus time.

If you try to feel the survey without context, one would naturally think yes, I'd like less bus time. That's exactly what they want to hear, so please make sure to fill in the comment session to make it clear.

Is it really that big a deal to replicate a few more of these programs so more kids can access magnet programs without having massive commutes or (more likely) missing out entirely because the commute is unmanageable?

MCPS simply just doesn’t have so many good teachers who can teach magnet courses.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The survey is absolutely a sugar-coated hoax, trying to disguise their intended purpose of eliminating county-wide HS magnet programs (Blair SMACs, Poolsville, RMIB) by asking you if you prefer less bus time.

If you try to feel the survey without context, one would naturally think yes, I'd like less bus time. That's exactly what they want to hear, so please make sure to fill in the comment session to make it clear.

Is it really that big a deal to replicate a few more of these programs so more kids can access magnet programs without having massive commutes or (more likely) missing out entirely because the commute is unmanageable?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The survey is absolutely a sugar-coated hoax, trying to disguise their intended purpose of eliminating county-wide HS magnet programs (Blair SMACs, Poolsville, RMIB) by asking you if you prefer less bus time.

If you try to feel the survey without context, one would naturally think yes, I'd like less bus time. That's exactly what they want to hear, so please make sure to fill in the comment session to make it clear.

Is it really that big a deal to replicate a few more of these programs so more kids can access magnet programs without having massive commutes or (more likely) missing out entirely because the commute is unmanageable?

Anonymous wrote:The survey is absolutely a sugar-coated hoax, trying to disguise their intended purpose of eliminating county-wide HS magnet programs (Blair SMACs, Poolsville, RMIB) by asking you if you prefer less bus time.

If you try to feel the survey without context, one would naturally think yes, I'd like less bus time. That's exactly what they want to hear, so please make sure to fill in the comment session to make it clear.

Anonymous wrote:The survey is absolutely a sugar-coated hoax, trying to disguise their intended purpose of eliminating county-wide HS magnet programs (Blair SMACs, Poolsville, RMIB) by asking you if you prefer less bus time.

If you try to feel the survey without context, one would naturally think yes, I'd like less bus time. That's exactly what they want to hear, so please make sure to fill in the comment session to make it clear.