2024 MS Criteria Based Lottery Results

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. I really appreciate your responses. I thought my kid will be entered into the drawing based on the grade and MAP-R alone. On the website it says evaluation of prior grades and assessments.

Your kid may have been entered in the pool but you never got any notifications. I emailed [e-mail], mentioning my kids student id, school name and asked if my kid was in the criteria based pool and got a response the very next morning saying my kid was waitlisted for both programs upcounty. I attached the last MAP results and first marking period report I saw on studentvue. They seem to be quick in responding. Our school is 30% FARMS.

Again, settle down. Notifications only just went out. They haven’t arrived to everyone yet. Wait.

Why do you keep repeating this? If PP wanted to know if her kid is in the pool, she can call or email them if she wants to know soon.

I wasn’t the person who said it initially but PP was freaking out when she didn’t receive an item in the mail the very first day that anyone received which is pretty nuts. No you don’t need to appeal, email the principal, complain or anything else at that point. And she keeps posting about it.

There are two of us posting about it. I was the anxious one and I now know where my kid stands. Nothing wrong in emailing dccaps if people want to know the results sooner. I probably shouldn't have emailed the principal though but I am glad I emailed dccaps.

Except for the people who need to respond to these emails from parents who could just practice patience and wait a couple of days.

You really are crazy. That's their job which they get paid for.

Super low priority responsibility considering everything else principals have to attend to right now. What is the worse that happens if Larla’s mom has to wait two more days to find out if she got into magnet vs. Larlo’s mom has to wait until tomorrow to find out that he needs a more intensive intervention?

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Anonymous wrote:We got a letter in the mail today.

In pool/waitlist for Takoma.

Not in pool/waitlist for Eastern.

Girl of color with an IEP. Takes compacted 5/6 math and ELC curriculum in a downcounty FOCUS school.

Fall MAP M 245 (99th percentile)

Fall MAP R 238 (98th percentile)

Straight A's throughout her ES career, but got an 89 (B) for first quarter Reading, this year only. I assume this is why she wasn't in the Eastern pool. NBD

I'm a little bit confused. Can you be waitlisted if you are not in the pool?

Correct me if I am wrong

- kid in pool
Round 1 results - either accepted/wait listed

Wait list means they will be in next round pool since they are not accepted.

Round 2 results - accepted/wait listed.

Round 3/ Final round results - accepted/rejected

Is this how it works?

The pool and the waitlist is the same. There is no round 2 or 3. There is an initial offering of spots (just happened) and after that openings are filled as they occur with additional draws from the pool.

There isn't a round 2 or 3 for external purposes. However, they batch the additional draws, at least initially, so that they better can manage that process instead of doing a draw & communicating every moment that someone might decline an offer. Those might be considered "rounds".

Basically, DCUM decided there are rounds so they will never be convinced that there aren’t and eventually Central Office will begin to act as though there are rounds as well.

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Anonymous wrote:My grandson has straight As and a MAP M score of 260, but he was not selected for the TPMS magnet program. He works very hard in school and has a strong passion for STEM. It feels like this is not truly a magnet program anymore. A lottery simply leaves everything for luck to decide. This is like a joke. MCPS should improve their magnet selection.

so true

Except it still meets the basic definition of a magnet program which is to pull students from other places in a district.

There are plenty of districts that use a lottery for their magnet programs. It’s the only way when there are far more kids who would want to participate than there are seats.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. I really appreciate your responses. I thought my kid will be entered into the drawing based on the grade and MAP-R alone. On the website it says evaluation of prior grades and assessments.

Your kid may have been entered in the pool but you never got any notifications. I emailed [e-mail], mentioning my kids student id, school name and asked if my kid was in the criteria based pool and got a response the very next morning saying my kid was waitlisted for both programs upcounty. I attached the last MAP results and first marking period report I saw on studentvue. They seem to be quick in responding. Our school is 30% FARMS.

It says my child was not entered in the pool. If this whole thing is about fairness, my only thing is it should be based soley on test and grade results. All kids who fit into the cut off whether at 85 % or at 95% needs to be clearly stated and then all that meets these criteria should be entered into the lottery. But taking FARMS into consideration changes this whole game. It should be judged only on results basis and not because of FARMS rate. I was just disappointed at myself, if I knew the cut off to be entered into the lottery has other criterias besides the grades, I would have done something. This beats the whole idea of trying to provide more challenging courses for kids who are hardworking and wants to put in the time and effort.

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Any news from central office on when additional lottery draws will be? Deadline for first round responses was Feb 2nd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. I really appreciate your responses. I thought my kid will be entered into the drawing based on the grade and MAP-R alone. On the website it says evaluation of prior grades and assessments.

Your kid may have been entered in the pool but you never got any notifications. I emailed [e-mail], mentioning my kids student id, school name and asked if my kid was in the criteria based pool and got a response the very next morning saying my kid was waitlisted for both programs upcounty. I attached the last MAP results and first marking period report I saw on studentvue. They seem to be quick in responding. Our school is 30% FARMS.

It says my child was not entered in the pool. If this whole thing is about fairness, my only thing is it should be based soley on test and grade results. All kids who fit into the cut off whether at 85 % or at 95% needs to be clearly stated and then all that meets these criteria should be entered into the lottery. But taking FARMS into consideration changes this whole game. It should be judged only on results basis and not because of FARMS rate. I was just disappointed at myself, if I knew the cut off to be entered into the lottery has other criterias besides the grades, I would have done something. This beats the whole idea of trying to provide more challenging courses for kids who are hardworking and wants to put in the time and effort.

What could you have done if you knew Farms is considered?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any news from central office on when additional lottery draws will be? Deadline for first round responses was Feb 2nd.

I'm curious too. Do they do it soon after the deadline or wait a few weeks?

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Anonymous wrote:Any news from central office on when additional lottery draws will be? Deadline for first round responses was Feb 2nd.

I'm curious too. Do they do it soon after the deadline or wait a few weeks?

when do students have to accept? Wouldn't that dictate when mcps knows how many seats are still open?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any news from central office on when additional lottery draws will be? Deadline for first round responses was Feb 2nd.

I'm curious too. Do they do it soon after the deadline or wait a few weeks?

when do students have to accept? Wouldn't that dictate when mcps knows how many seats are still open?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any news from central office on when additional lottery draws will be? Deadline for first round responses was Feb 2nd.

I'm curious too. Do they do it soon after the deadline or wait a few weeks?

when do students have to accept? Wouldn't that dictate when mcps knows how many seats are still open?

Feb 14th is deadline. After that as they fill vacant seats, you will get notified.