Pool size for TPMS and Eastern lotteries

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Anonymous wrote:We are excited! Qualified for both and have a place at Eastern, which is our home school so yes we had a higher chance of getting in there. Wait pool at Takoma Park.

How did you find out your child placed? The snail mail letter we got today only mentioned qualifying for the lottery.

That same letter says if you did or did not get “placed in the regional program”.

Crap, I too read our DC's letter as just about qualifying for the lottery pool. I guess if it is unclear that means DC was NOT placed?

That's the MCPS way! Confusing language becuase they don't want to clearly state your child has was not selected in the initial lottery. You would definitely know if your child had received a spot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We got the letter today. DD was placed in the humanities magnet and met criteria for math but not placed. Fall MAP scores were as follows Map-R 245, Map-m 237. Need to accept or decline by Feb 3rd.

Those are low scores - is she at a high poverty school?

Nope, CES program at Chevy chase. Map-R is 99th percentile and map-m 97th. Not sure why you think that is low? These are fall scores btw.

My daughter is also in CES and her score were 260 in map M and always got 100% in math but was not offered a spot which is strange I appeal it bcoz that’s totally wrong for the kids who really deserve our home school is really bad performing below average so I she is disheartened that low score students are getting the seat but kids who deserve didn’t. It’s a shame on system.

You can only appeal if your child was not placed in the lottery. If your child was placed and not selected, there is no appeal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We got the letter today. DD was placed in the humanities magnet and met criteria for math but not placed. Fall MAP scores were as follows Map-R 245, Map-m 237. Need to accept or decline by Feb 3rd.

Those are low scores - is she at a high poverty school?

Nope, CES program at Chevy chase. Map-R is 99th percentile and map-m 97th. Not sure why you think that is low? These are fall scores btw.

My daughter is also in CES and her score were 260 in map M and always got 100% in math but was not offered a spot which is strange I appeal it bcoz that’s totally wrong for the kids who really deserve our home school is really bad performing below average so I she is disheartened that low score students are getting the seat but kids who deserve didn’t. It’s a shame on system.

You seem to be confused about how the magnet programs and the lottery work. They are not designed to serve only the very top kids-- they're for a randomized group of above-average kids. There's nothing to appeal because they are not deciding the spots based on merit/scores (besides having to clear the bar to get into the lottery.)

[Anonymous]

Yes you are right I’m am very confused and concerned too. My daughter reads 1 book a day. Yes you read it right one book a day and is extra smart in every single subject. Her teacher said she have a super brain. Math homework is literally a 5 min job for her and she is in CES in 5th grade so being a concerned parent I don’t know how I’m gonna accommodate her needs in the low performing school which is our home school. And yes we can’t afford the private. And regarding the appeal I do send a email to the authorities. I don’t know the how these school system works since we move here from uk and it’s not easy to deal with the kid with extra smart mind specially when you don’t have resources and knowledge about how the education system works there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes you are right I’m am very confused and concerned too. My daughter reads 1 book a day. Yes you read it right one book a day and is extra smart in every single subject. Her teacher said she have a super brain. Math homework is literally a 5 min job for her and she is in CES in 5th grade so being a concerned parent I don’t know how I’m gonna accommodate her needs in the low performing school which is our home school. And yes we can’t afford the private. And regarding the appeal I do send a email to the authorities. I don’t know the how these school system works since we move here from uk and it’s not easy to deal with the kid with extra smart mind specially when you don’t have resources and knowledge about how the education system works there.

You should lobby the BOE and central office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes you are right I’m am very confused and concerned too. My daughter reads 1 book a day. Yes you read it right one book a day and is extra smart in every single subject. Her teacher said she have a super brain. Math homework is literally a 5 min job for her and she is in CES in 5th grade so being a concerned parent I don’t know how I’m gonna accommodate her needs in the low performing school which is our home school. And yes we can’t afford the private. And regarding the appeal I do send a email to the authorities. I don’t know the how these school system works since we move here from uk and it’s not easy to deal with the kid with extra smart mind specially when you don’t have resources and knowledge about how the education system works there.

There are many other kids who are just as smart as, if not smarter than, your daughter, but unfortunately, they didn’t win the lottery either. We’ll just have to respect the outcome of the lottery. Life will go on and your daughter will just be fine like many others who didn’t win the lottery.

[Anonymous]

In the UK you pay for private "public" school.

In the US you pay for housing at a good public school.

Middle school isn't very important academically, though. School curriculum and assigned work is a minimum, not a maximum. Give your child homework.