Dance Further Delays Magnet School Rule Decision
A Baltimore County Public Schools spokesman said the superintendent will need more time to study a rule which does away with priority placement for students with siblings in magnet programs.
Baltimore County families waiting on a decision about a controversial magnet school rule change will have to hold out for a good while longer. Shortly before the end of his tenure, former Superintendent Joe Hairston announced in April 2012 the end of a rule that granted kindergartners automatic admission into elementary magnet schools their siblings attend, starting in the 2015-2016 school year. Parents of affected students appealed to Superintendent Dallas Dance soon afterward to overturn the rule change. Dance said in August 2012 that he planned to make a recommendation to the Board of Education about the rule in February, but school system spokesman Mychael Dickerson said Wednesday that it will likely take another year before a decision…
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Lily
9:08 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
If he uses the time very very wisely, he might just be able to get rid of sibling placement and do it in a way no one will care. After all sibling placement only matters if there are waiting lists. When anyone who wants to go to a magnet school can then sibling priority placement is mute. If in the "delay" time he cures the problem of overcrowding in Towson such that CVE and Lutherville no longer… more ›