Anonymous
10/16/2025 15:10
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So Northwood will have theater and dance and that's it?
It also gets the interest based public service program and the interest based Middle College (MC?) program.
They’ve always had the Mc. I don’t think that many would choose public service. They need to poll families and ask what they want.
As Karla Silvestre is pointing out, every high school offers the opportunity to do DE at MC. So that's not a reason to move to a different high school.
Yeah I'm confused, why put a program that is about taking classes a MC in a specific high school? Do I misunderstand what Middle College is?
+100. It should just be a program that is WELL COMMUNICATED to all 9th grade students so they can choose to apply, have the appropriate support 10th grade to prepare for SAT testing and then be prepared to spend their 11th/12th grade years at MC.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 15:09
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Regarding Wolff's comment that if you're waiting for perfection, it would never be done--
to delay the programs analysis vote for a year is not waiting for perfection. It would allow communities to understand the plan's impact and to have meaningful voice.
to delay the programs analysis vote for a year is not waiting for perfection. It would allow communities to understand the plan's impact and to have meaningful voice.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 15:04
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So Northwood will have theater and dance and that's it?
It also gets the interest based public service program and the interest based Middle College (MC?) program.
They’ve always had the Mc. I don’t think that many would choose public service. They need to poll families and ask what they want.
As Karla Silvestre is pointing out, every high school offers the opportunity to do DE at MC. So that's not a reason to move to a different high school.
Yeah I'm confused, why put a program that is about taking classes a MC in a specific high school? Do I misunderstand what Middle College is?
Middle College is cohorted from 9th grade on. So even though 9th graders aren't taking MC classes yet, they are taking HS classes as a cohort and receiving additional support from the Middle College Coordinator. Plus MC professors come to campus to teach classes in 11th grade. Dual Enrollment requires students to do more on their own and all of their classes are at MC.
Oh I see, that is cool
Anonymous
10/16/2025 15:03
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So Northwood will have theater and dance and that's it?
It also gets the interest based public service program and the interest based Middle College (MC?) program.
They’ve always had the Mc. I don’t think that many would choose public service. They need to poll families and ask what they want.
As Karla Silvestre is pointing out, every high school offers the opportunity to do DE at MC. So that's not a reason to move to a different high school.
Yeah I'm confused, why put a program that is about taking classes a MC in a specific high school? Do I misunderstand what Middle College is?
Middle College is cohorted from 9th grade on. So even though 9th graders aren't taking MC classes yet, they are taking HS classes as a cohort and receiving additional support from the Middle College Coordinator. Plus MC professors come to campus to teach classes in 11th grade. Dual Enrollment requires students to do more on their own and all of their classes are at MC.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 15:02
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:There are 4 academic criteria based programs in each region. They should all be at the highest FARMS schools in each region.
That would reflect caring about actual equity, not the perverted definition of equity that Taylor believes in which is actually ignoring all the resources rich schools have and pretending they have been deprived compared to the DCC.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 15:02
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So Northwood will have theater and dance and that's it?
It also gets the interest based public service program and the interest based Middle College (MC?) program.
They’ve always had the Mc. I don’t think that many would choose public service. They need to poll families and ask what they want.
This is hard. The current high schoolers are not going to be a part of the new programs. You'd have to poll 5th, 6th and 7th graders which feels like it might not give you reliable results?
This is why they should have 3 versions of each program to start (1 per two regions), not 6. If there is demand for more, then expand to 6. If not, stick with 3.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 15:02
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
They do not need to regionalize schools in order to deliver Middle College and Early College programs.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 15:00
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So Northwood will have theater and dance and that's it?
It also gets the interest based public service program and the interest based Middle College (MC?) program.
They’ve always had the Mc. I don’t think that many would choose public service. They need to poll families and ask what they want.
As Karla Silvestre is pointing out, every high school offers the opportunity to do DE at MC. So that's not a reason to move to a different high school.
Yeah I'm confused, why put a program that is about taking classes a MC in a specific high school? Do I misunderstand what Middle College is?
Anonymous
10/16/2025 15:00
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
There are 4 academic criteria based programs in each region. They should all be at the highest FARMS schools in each region.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 14:59
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So Northwood will have theater and dance and that's it?
It also gets the interest based public service program and the interest based Middle College (MC?) program.
They’ve always had the Mc. I don’t think that many would choose public service. They need to poll families and ask what they want.
As Karla Silvestre is pointing out, every high school offers the opportunity to do DE at MC. So that's not a reason to move to a different high school.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 14:59
Subject: 10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So Northwood will have theater and dance and that's it?
It also gets the interest based public service program and the interest based Middle College (MC?) program.
They’ve always had the Mc. I don’t think that many would choose public service. They need to poll families and ask what they want.
This is hard. The current high schoolers are not going to be a part of the new programs. You'd have to poll 5th, 6th and 7th graders which feels like it might not give you reliable results?
Anonymous
10/16/2025 14:57
Subject: Re:10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the program groupings for region 1?
Brand new and not up online yet. The changes I remember is that they are sending the criteria-based humanities program from BCC (bad) to Whitman (much worse), and that they are letting Einstein keep only the music part of the performing arts magnet (theater and dance at Northwood.)
Whitman does not need Humanities, Northwood does. Give Einstein the full performing arts magnet and VAPA will serve the rest of the student body.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 14:57
Subject: Re:10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the program groupings for region 1?
Brand new and not up online yet. The changes I remember is that they are sending the criteria-based humanities program from BCC (bad) to Whitman (much worse), and that they are letting Einstein keep only the music part of the performing arts magnet (theater and dance at Northwood.)
Einstein also has medical science and healthcare
Einstein has no advanced science and math classes so what does this look like.
9th and 10th grade - honors bio and honors chem, cohorted
11th and 12 grade science are IB Bio and IB Physics
And a "Biomedical" sequence
Math is Algebra 1 in 9th grade, Algebra 2 in 10th, and then for 11th and 12th it says "secondary math pathway"
Anonymous
10/16/2025 14:56
Subject: Re:10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the program groupings for region 1?
Brand new and not up online yet. The changes I remember is that they are sending the criteria-based humanities program from BCC (bad) to Whitman (much worse), and that they are letting Einstein keep only the music part of the performing arts magnet (theater and dance at Northwood.)
Einstein also has medical science and healthcare
There’s no interest at Einstein to hold that magnet!
Zero, maybe a handful of students but that’s it. Focus on arts, stem and humanities.
Anonymous
10/16/2025 14:56
Subject: Re:10/16 Board of Ed meeting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What are the program groupings for region 1?
Brand new and not up online yet. The changes I remember is that they are sending the criteria-based humanities program from BCC (bad) to Whitman (much worse), and that they are letting Einstein keep only the music part of the performing arts magnet (theater and dance at Northwood.)
Einstein also has medical science and healthcare
Einstein has no advanced science and math classes so what does this look like.
1. That's not true
2. Obviously there would be new classes for the program
No, it’s not obvious as they will lose staffing so where would the teachers come from without taking out other classes.