MCPS School Day Shorter Than Most Other MD Districts

Part 3:

Examining more data from the State Dept of Education website and saw some remarkable new information. All data is taken via downloads from www.mdreportcard.org

And finally I took a look at the length of the Instructional Day. (See previous posts Part 1 and Part 2)

Again MCPS ranked poorly compared to other Maryland school systems.

MCPS has an approximately 3/4 of an hour per day shorter school day then the four districts with the longest school day.

That is the equivalent of aproximately 20 additonal school days over the course of the 175 day school year.

Bob Astrove

County Name	Hours Per Day Average
Kent	7.1
Baltimore City	7.0
Somerset	7.0
Queen Anne's	7.0
Saint Mary's	6.9
Worcester	6.9
Wicomico	6.8
Caroline	6.8
Washington	6.7
Carroll	6.7
Calvert	6.7
Howard	6.7
Cecil	6.7
Garrett	6.6
Dorchester	6.6
Anne Arundel	6.6
Harford	6.6
Baltimore County	6.5
Charles	6.5
Allegany	6.5
Frederick	6.4
Montgomery	6.3
Talbot	6.2
Prince George's	6.1
All Public Schools	6.6

It's official - cuts to Eastern MS Magnet in 2009

Here is a link to the PTSA Presidents letter in the Eastern Eagle Post. See page 2.

Did the Board of Education take a vote to change the program substantially? I didn't see any motions or discussions at the "table."

Are cuts to the other magnet programs also in the works? Can we expect more surprises from Mr. Creel and Mr. Morrison?

Blair magnet students are planning on an eight period day next year. The school system has an amazingly complex system where the magnet students at Eastern MS, Takoma Park MS, and Blair HS share bus transportation. So - aside from the educational impact, what are the transportation plans?

Parents this week are signing up their students for the high school magnet programs, and will be making similar decisions for their middle school children.

Inquiring parents need to know what is really in store for their families.