ISO recent experience with Eastern MS communications magnet

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Anonymous wrote:If you read the previous message they clearly said the name tags were for an elementary. There are numerous magnets all over the county and your child is only eligible for a certain percentage. You can't possibly have seen them all so your skepticism is misplaced.

We've seen folders laid out too for a smaller magnet and one bigger magnet had folders in bins that teachers handed out.

I do think they left them out during the presentation so that families who were late could grab their folders and that no one was supervising that part so I believe that in flipping through their part of the alphabet looking for your folder you could have seen other names.

Did your kid go to a magnet MS? The kids were all talking about it instantly, in person on chat, when the results came out. Whole thread about how distressing it was.

Again, there are no elementary magnets.

The MCPS website lists the elementary CES program under the Magnet Programs heading, so they certainly seem to think there are. Not sure what nit you’re picking here.

No one calls CES magnet.

What? Yes they do. It’s a magnet program (it pulls kids from different schools).

Different poster. No, no they do not. Plus, Eastern didn’t hand out folders.

Then why did my kid go to Pine Crest—a school they’re not zoned for—to attend the CES in 4th and 5th grades?

They and most of their classmates were literally “pulled from different schools” (schools that weren’t Pine Crest) for the program. It’s absolutely a magnet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you read the previous message they clearly said the name tags were for an elementary. There are numerous magnets all over the county and your child is only eligible for a certain percentage. You can't possibly have seen them all so your skepticism is misplaced.

We've seen folders laid out too for a smaller magnet and one bigger magnet had folders in bins that teachers handed out.

I do think they left them out during the presentation so that families who were late could grab their folders and that no one was supervising that part so I believe that in flipping through their part of the alphabet looking for your folder you could have seen other names.

Did your kid go to a magnet MS? The kids were all talking about it instantly, in person on chat, when the results came out. Whole thread about how distressing it was.

Again, there are no elementary magnets.

The MCPS website lists the elementary CES program under the Magnet Programs heading, so they certainly seem to think there are. Not sure what nit you’re picking here.

No one calls CES magnet.

What? Yes they do. It’s a magnet program (it pulls kids from different schools).

Different poster. No, no they do not. Plus, Eastern didn’t hand out folders.

Then why did my kid go to Pine Crest—a school they’re not zoned for—to attend the CES in 4th and 5th grades?

They and most of their classmates were literally “pulled from different schools” (schools that weren’t Pine Crest) for the program. It’s absolutely a magnet.

I think the PPs are just saying that MCPS does not call CES a magnet, whereas the middle school programs are specifically called magnets. For all intents and purposes, the regional CES are magnet programs, even if MCPS does not call them that.

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Anonymous wrote:If you read the previous message they clearly said the name tags were for an elementary. There are numerous magnets all over the county and your child is only eligible for a certain percentage. You can't possibly have seen them all so your skepticism is misplaced.

We've seen folders laid out too for a smaller magnet and one bigger magnet had folders in bins that teachers handed out.

I do think they left them out during the presentation so that families who were late could grab their folders and that no one was supervising that part so I believe that in flipping through their part of the alphabet looking for your folder you could have seen other names.

Did your kid go to a magnet MS? The kids were all talking about it instantly, in person on chat, when the results came out. Whole thread about how distressing it was.

Again, there are no elementary magnets.

The MCPS website lists the elementary CES program under the Magnet Programs heading, so they certainly seem to think there are. Not sure what nit you’re picking here.

No one calls CES magnet.

What? Yes they do. It’s a magnet program (it pulls kids from different schools).

Different poster. No, no they do not. Plus, Eastern didn’t hand out folders.

Um, who cares? Yes we all know Eastern did a check in desk just beyond the main entrance staffed by teachers and they took the list of accepted students with them when the program started. I don't remember them providing any printed materials but there might have been a handout. I have older kids so the open houses blur together. Other magnets do it differently.

[Anonymous]

If you accepted Eastern’s invitation, are you and your child still happy after 4 weeks? What do you like or dislike?

[slave]

How difficult will it be for Eastern magnet students to gain admission to the Blair SMCS program, especially considering Blair also offers the CAP program, which aligns more closely with Eastern's Humanities program?

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slave wrote:How difficult will it be for Eastern magnet students to gain admission to the Blair SMCS program, especially considering Blair also offers the CAP program, which aligns more closely with Eastern's Humanities program?

Has your DC been highly successful in advanced math courses at Eastern?

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slave wrote:How difficult will it be for Eastern magnet students to gain admission to the Blair SMCS program, especially considering Blair also offers the CAP program, which aligns more closely with Eastern's Humanities program?

Has your DC been highly successful in advanced math courses at Eastern?

It will not make any difference at all. It depends on your own child's background. Eastern kids go to CAP but also Blair SMCS, RMIB, Wheaton, and other magnets. A number also choose to go to their home schools as they are tired of the commute.