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From: Donnie Porter <dporter@gparch.com>
Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 7:41 am
Subject: Edison-Wheaton Feasibility Study
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The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.
Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.
The Washington Post, June 4, 2009
Tip: Include the word "minutes" in your search keywords to focus your search on BOE minutes. But note that the search function on the MCPS website has been broken by a redesign on the site by the MCPS Public Information Office. It is no longer possible to restrict your search to just Board of Education minutes.
Anything we can do to get rid of Edison because everyone is going to college, remember?
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher in MCPS I believe the great fear is that some statistician will figure out more minorities are probably attending Edison and the county will be called on it. The parents from the "W" schools aren't using it and aren't encouraged, but then again, who is? It is a diamond in the rough and a route that would benefit both college-bound and non college-bound students but we wouldn't want to encourage anything but the "seven keys". Graphic arts, construction mgmt, etc. There are degrees in these areas and Edison would provide a leg up. This isn't our MCPS and the Edison of 25 years ago.
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