Robert Frost beats Takoma Park in Mathcounts

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There is no need insulting each other from both sides. Frost kids did great in both mathcounts and AMC8, and I am sure they will do well in the state mathcounts

Having a rival like Frost will only make TPMS stronger.

Keep up good work, Frost !!!

A TPMS parent

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

I remember Dr. Li's bus picking up kids after school every day at Cold Spring. It's funny how parents mistake prep for aptitude and ability. That's why I support the changes the county made to admissions since the old criteria just favored preppers who were gaming the system.

I wonder if you would have the same attitude for a naturally gifted athlete who practices every day because she wants to be at the top of her game and because she loves playing her sport. Perhaps we should exclude athletes who train from being selected for varsity teams

[Anonymous]

Having a boss like MCPS will make TPMS weaker. We have to win in the next round.

A TPMS parent.

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One time Frost beats TPMS and all the W parents come glowing and singing.
Even Leicester won the BPL too.

But I understand. When you beat the big dog, you gotta glow

^^ the only truthful post in this thread

I think you're right. Frost had a good day but I doubt this will happen again or is even repeatable. In fact, let's follow up on this in a couple of months and see how it pans out. Most the nonsense posted here is by bitter parents whose kids weren't able to make the cut for TPMS so they delight in trash-talking and spreading debunked conspiracy theories.

You mean MCPS admitting high performers only based on peer cohort is a conspiracy theory?

Sure, Fost had a good day, but will likely be creamed by TPMS in the state competition next month. The bitter parents whose kids failed to make the cut at TPMS will gloss over this since it doesn't support their bogus narrative.

+100000

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

Interesting.. because Cogat is an ability and aptitude test rather than drill and kill test, and Frost students did waaay better than say SSIMs according to that chart.

Who said anything about drill and kill? That sounds like Kumon.

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

Interesting.. because Cogat is an ability and aptitude test rather than drill and kill test, and Frost students did waaay better than say SSIMs according to that chart.

Who said anything about drill and kill? That sounds like Kumon.

So what does Dr Li teach then?

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

Interesting.. because Cogat is an ability and aptitude test rather than drill and kill test, and Frost students did waaay better than say SSIMs according to that chart.

Who said anything about drill and kill? That sounds like Kumon.

So what does Dr Li teach then?

Mathcounts. Duh.

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

Interesting.. because Cogat is an ability and aptitude test rather than drill and kill test, and Frost students did waaay better than say SSIMs according to that chart.

Who said anything about drill and kill? That sounds like Kumon.

So what does Dr Li teach then?

In general, he teaches GT math that's above the level in MCPS (whereas Kumon is more test prep). Within the Wootton cluster, a lot of Asian parents send their kids there. It's not necessarily transferable to Mathcounts, but lots of Wootton kids are spending time there at some point (even if just for summer camp).

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

I remember Dr. Li's bus picking up kids after school every day at Cold Spring. It's funny how parents mistake prep for aptitude and ability. That's why I support the changes the county made to admissions since the old criteria just favored preppers who were gaming the system.

I wonder if you would have the same attitude for a naturally gifted athlete who practices every day because she wants to be at the top of her game and because she loves playing her sport. Perhaps we should exclude athletes who train from being selected for varsity teams

You're misconstruing. Nobody is complaining about kids supplementing - they absolutely should. The point is that Frost's performance isn't necessarily a reflection of the teaching at Frost v. TPMS (it's way better at TPMS). If you're just looking for your high-talent math whiz to get the best math education at school, TPMS is a way better option than Frost, and it's not close.

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

I remember Dr. Li's bus picking up kids after school every day at Cold Spring. It's funny how parents mistake prep for aptitude and ability. That's why I support the changes the county made to admissions since the old criteria just favored preppers who were gaming the system.

I wonder if you would have the same attitude for a naturally gifted athlete who practices every day because she wants to be at the top of her game and because she loves playing her sport. Perhaps we should exclude athletes who train from being selected for varsity teams

You're misconstruing. Nobody is complaining about kids supplementing - they absolutely should. The point is that Frost's performance isn't necessarily a reflection of the teaching at Frost v. TPMS (it's way better at TPMS). If you're just looking for your high-talent math whiz to get the best math education at school, TPMS is a way better option than Frost, and it's not close.

TPMS magnet != TPMS

no one is questioning that math education in the magnet program is more advanced than regular MS. But your post is misleading - as if if someone just went to live in Takoma Park, their kids would automatically get into a program with "best math education".

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

I remember Dr. Li's bus picking up kids after school every day at Cold Spring. It's funny how parents mistake prep for aptitude and ability. That's why I support the changes the county made to admissions since the old criteria just favored preppers who were gaming the system.

I wonder if you would have the same attitude for a naturally gifted athlete who practices every day because she wants to be at the top of her game and because she loves playing her sport. Perhaps we should exclude athletes who train from being selected for varsity teams

You're misconstruing. Nobody is complaining about kids supplementing - they absolutely should. The point is that Frost's performance isn't necessarily a reflection of the teaching at Frost v. TPMS (it's way better at TPMS). If you're just looking for your high-talent math whiz to get the best math education at school, TPMS is a way better option than Frost, and it's not close.

There is no proof that TPMS teaching is better. Many Frost kids perform better (not just this year if you go to Frost and see the many Mathcounts trophies over the past decade or so).

A Frost teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

I remember Dr. Li's bus picking up kids after school every day at Cold Spring. It's funny how parents mistake prep for aptitude and ability. That's why I support the changes the county made to admissions since the old criteria just favored preppers who were gaming the system.

I wonder if you would have the same attitude for a naturally gifted athlete who practices every day because she wants to be at the top of her game and because she loves playing her sport. Perhaps we should exclude athletes who train from being selected for varsity teams

You're misconstruing. Nobody is complaining about kids supplementing - they absolutely should. The point is that Frost's performance isn't necessarily a reflection of the teaching at Frost v. TPMS (it's way better at TPMS). If you're just looking for your high-talent math whiz to get the best math education at school, TPMS is a way better option than Frost, and it's not close.

There is no proof that TPMS teaching is better. Many Frost kids perform better (not just this year if you go to Frost and see the many Mathcounts trophies over the past decade or so).

A Frost teacher.

Pp here. I mean that TPMS curriculum is more advanced, of course.

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

I remember Dr. Li's bus picking up kids after school every day at Cold Spring. It's funny how parents mistake prep for aptitude and ability. That's why I support the changes the county made to admissions since the old criteria just favored preppers who were gaming the system.

I wonder if you would have the same attitude for a naturally gifted athlete who practices every day because she wants to be at the top of her game and because she loves playing her sport. Perhaps we should exclude athletes who train from being selected for varsity teams

You're misconstruing. Nobody is complaining about kids supplementing - they absolutely should. The point is that Frost's performance isn't necessarily a reflection of the teaching at Frost v. TPMS (it's way better at TPMS). If you're just looking for your high-talent math whiz to get the best math education at school, TPMS is a way better option than Frost, and it's not close.

There is no proof that TPMS teaching is better. Many Frost kids perform better (not just this year if you go to Frost and see the many Mathcounts trophies over the past decade or so).

A Frost teacher.

So you'd tell a Cold Spring CES student who gets into TPMS that they'll get better teaching (or at least, teaching of more advanced material) at Frost than TPMS? I don't think most teachers at Blair SMAC agree with you.

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

I remember Dr. Li's bus picking up kids after school every day at Cold Spring. It's funny how parents mistake prep for aptitude and ability. That's why I support the changes the county made to admissions since the old criteria just favored preppers who were gaming the system.

I wonder if you would have the same attitude for a naturally gifted athlete who practices every day because she wants to be at the top of her game and because she loves playing her sport. Perhaps we should exclude athletes who train from being selected for varsity teams

You're misconstruing. Nobody is complaining about kids supplementing - they absolutely should. The point is that Frost's performance isn't necessarily a reflection of the teaching at Frost v. TPMS (it's way better at TPMS). If you're just looking for your high-talent math whiz to get the best math education at school, TPMS is a way better option than Frost, and it's not close.

There is no proof that TPMS teaching is better. Many Frost kids perform better (not just this year if you go to Frost and see the many Mathcounts trophies over the past decade or so).

A Frost teacher.

Pp here. I mean that TPMS curriculum is more advanced, of course.

OK, I see what you're saying... I phrased it poorly above. I didn't mean that the teachers are necessarily better teachers (both schools have excellent teachers), but more that the teachers have a curriculum and cohort that goes more in depth, and so the instruction overall is better (because of what's being covered, and the aptitude of the cohort). I think that's the case even after recent changes.

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Anonymous wrote:In most recent AMC8
TPMS got over 26 kids in honor roll and 10 kids in distinguish honor roll (6, 7, 8 graders)

Robert Frost has 1 in honor roll and 3 in distinguish honor roll. All of the them are 7th graders. These kids would have made TPMS if it were not cohort

Wait to see AMC10 result coming out.

That's awesome! I knew the admission changes had little impact on student performance. Just another false narrative by parents who miss being able to easily game the system.

So basically Frost had a great day but isn't in the same league and this nonsense about admissions is a false flag planted by bitter parents.

I mean, Frost might be in the same league. They appear to be in the same league. That's great! No "team" should be so dominant that they crush every other "team" in every competition forever and ever. If we make a sport analogy, even the best teams sometimes lose, and the same is true for athletic competitions.

If the enriched courses offered at the home schools are truly incentivizing kids to stay at Frost (or any other school), that's GREAT NEWS because there have always been more kids who can do the work than there are spots in the magnets. Making the pie bigger is the right choice here.

/TPMS magnet parent

There are no enriched courses in any real sense at Frost. They beat in Mathcounts and mathleagues despite of that and by a large margin every time.

Most of the top students at Frost train with Dr. Li or AoPS Academy on the side (both are only a mile or so away), so that likely explains it. If they were solely relying on the math they get in MCPS, they'd have no chance.

I remember Dr. Li's bus picking up kids after school every day at Cold Spring. It's funny how parents mistake prep for aptitude and ability. That's why I support the changes the county made to admissions since the old criteria just favored preppers who were gaming the system.

I wonder if you would have the same attitude for a naturally gifted athlete who practices every day because she wants to be at the top of her game and because she loves playing her sport. Perhaps we should exclude athletes who train from being selected for varsity teams

You're misconstruing. Nobody is complaining about kids supplementing - they absolutely should. The point is that Frost's performance isn't necessarily a reflection of the teaching at Frost v. TPMS (it's way better at TPMS). If you're just looking for your high-talent math whiz to get the best math education at school, TPMS is a way better option than Frost, and it's not close.

There is no proof that TPMS teaching is better. Many Frost kids perform better (not just this year if you go to Frost and see the many Mathcounts trophies over the past decade or so).

A Frost teacher.

So you'd tell a Cold Spring CES student who gets into TPMS that they'll get better teaching (or at least, teaching of more advanced material) at Frost than TPMS? I don't think most teachers at Blair SMAC agree with you.

Well, what really matters is explaining simple stuff in great depth. It is harder to do so with the extras in the magnet curriculum. I do believe we do math teaching better here at Frost. Once the high performers truly master a concept they do better in math competitions.

Based on what I can tell Frost will win again next year.