CES letters?

[Anonymous]

Can anyone share the wording of a letter that states a child was not put in the pool at all? I wonder how it differs from the letters indicating a child was in the pool.

[Anonymous]

Are letters in Parentvue yet? I can’t find it. We didn’t get one in the mail either.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have mine in ParentVue.

[Anonymous]

My son (who is Black) was in the 95th percentile on MAP-R at a "focus" school, was placed in the lottery, did not get in the regional CES. Not sure how or if this matches the anecdotes already gathered in this thread.

I'll admit to a little pang because I was in "GT" classes when I was a kid and I have a love/hate relationship with that label. But staying in his home school is probably a better move for him, and I feel confident that his needs will be met.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share the wording of a letter that states a child was not put in the pool at all? I wonder how it differs from the letters indicating a child was in the pool.

Your
student
Was
nOt
centrally
recommended for literacy enrichment and
they were not placed in the candidate pool for
CES. If they are identified for local literacy
enrichment, the local school team will contact you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share the wording of a letter that states a child was not put in the pool at all? I wonder how it differs from the letters indicating a child was in the pool.

Your
student
Was
nOt
centrally
recommended for literacy enrichment and
they were not placed in the candidate pool for
CES. If they are identified for local literacy
enrichment, the local school team will contact you.

Thank you. Okay, sounds like everyone got a letter, then.

[Anonymous]

Our kid scored a 234 on Reading. Lexile level 1245L–1395LL. Our home is in bounds for a Title 1 school, but he's been attending a small private. Excellent student. He was not even selected for the CES lottery, and we are shocked. 99th percentile in reading, 98th in math. He's white, though it seems from this thread that's not a factor. We suppose and imagine the county assumes he's doing fine in private, but private doesn't equal accelerated. I wish I better understood the logic and wasn't simply guessing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kid scored a 234 on Reading. Lexile level 1245L–1395LL. Our home is in bounds for a Title 1 school, but he's been attending a small private. Excellent student. He was not even selected for the CES lottery, and we are shocked. 99th percentile in reading, 98th in math. He's white, though it seems from this thread that's not a factor. We suppose and imagine the county assumes he's doing fine in private, but private doesn't equal accelerated. I wish I better understood the logic and wasn't simply guessing.

This seems wrong. It's really unethical and disgusting MCPS isn't releasing more information. It's possible they normed the private school kids against each other.
I know in Fairfax they did something in the way they admit that reduced the number of private school admissions to the TJ magnet really dramatically. I don't recall what but my guess is applicants from private are overwhelmingly white/Asian and higher income which is what they do not want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kid scored a 234 on Reading. Lexile level 1245L–1395LL. Our home is in bounds for a Title 1 school, but he's been attending a small private. Excellent student. He was not even selected for the CES lottery, and we are shocked. 99th percentile in reading, 98th in math. He's white, though it seems from this thread that's not a factor. We suppose and imagine the county assumes he's doing fine in private, but private doesn't equal accelerated. I wish I better understood the logic and wasn't simply guessing.

Did he get an A in Reading and an A in either Social Studies or Writing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid scored a 234 on Reading. Lexile level 1245L–1395LL. Our home is in bounds for a Title 1 school, but he's been attending a small private. Excellent student. He was not even selected for the CES lottery, and we are shocked. 99th percentile in reading, 98th in math. He's white, though it seems from this thread that's not a factor. We suppose and imagine the county assumes he's doing fine in private, but private doesn't equal accelerated. I wish I better understood the logic and wasn't simply guessing.

Did he get an A in Reading and an A in either Social Studies or Writing?

In the second quarter, specifically?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid scored a 234 on Reading. Lexile level 1245L–1395LL. Our home is in bounds for a Title 1 school, but he's been attending a small private. Excellent student. He was not even selected for the CES lottery, and we are shocked. 99th percentile in reading, 98th in math. He's white, though it seems from this thread that's not a factor. We suppose and imagine the county assumes he's doing fine in private, but private doesn't equal accelerated. I wish I better understood the logic and wasn't simply guessing.

This seems wrong. It's really unethical and disgusting MCPS isn't releasing more information. It's possible they normed the private school kids against each other.
I know in Fairfax they did something in the way they admit that reduced the number of private school admissions to the TJ magnet really dramatically. I don't recall what but my guess is applicants from private are overwhelmingly white/Asian and higher income which is what they do not want.

Oh FFS. While public schools are set up to serve all children in their area, I don't think it rises to the level of discrimination to assume that kids already attending privates would most likely continue at those privates if not admitted to a PS special program, and to admit accordingly. And that's discrimination against private school students-- not white and Asian students. I mean, really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid scored a 234 on Reading. Lexile level 1245L–1395LL. Our home is in bounds for a Title 1 school, but he's been attending a small private. Excellent student. He was not even selected for the CES lottery, and we are shocked. 99th percentile in reading, 98th in math. He's white, though it seems from this thread that's not a factor. We suppose and imagine the county assumes he's doing fine in private, but private doesn't equal accelerated. I wish I better understood the logic and wasn't simply guessing.

This seems wrong. It's really unethical and disgusting MCPS isn't releasing more information. It's possible they normed the private school kids against each other.
I know in Fairfax they did something in the way they admit that reduced the number of private school admissions to the TJ magnet really dramatically. I don't recall what but my guess is applicants from private are overwhelmingly white/Asian and higher income which is what they do not want.

Oh FFS. While public schools are set up to serve all children in their area, I don't think it rises to the level of discrimination to assume that kids already attending privates would most likely continue at those privates if not admitted to a PS special program, and to admit accordingly. And that's discrimination against private school students-- not white and Asian students. I mean, really.

I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kid scored a 234 on Reading. Lexile level 1245L–1395LL. Our home is in bounds for a Title 1 school, but he's been attending a small private. Excellent student. He was not even selected for the CES lottery, and we are shocked. 99th percentile in reading, 98th in math. He's white, though it seems from this thread that's not a factor. We suppose and imagine the county assumes he's doing fine in private, but private doesn't equal accelerated. I wish I better understood the logic and wasn't simply guessing.

so is your kid more gifted because he had small class sizes and less disruptions and had parents that care……. Than a child learning in a class with 28 students? Or are they potentially equal on an u equal playing field…. This is a prime example of why it switched to a lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid scored a 234 on Reading. Lexile level 1245L–1395LL. Our home is in bounds for a Title 1 school, but he's been attending a small private. Excellent student. He was not even selected for the CES lottery, and we are shocked. 99th percentile in reading, 98th in math. He's white, though it seems from this thread that's not a factor. We suppose and imagine the county assumes he's doing fine in private, but private doesn't equal accelerated. I wish I better understood the logic and wasn't simply guessing.

This seems wrong. It's really unethical and disgusting MCPS isn't releasing more information. It's possible they normed the private school kids against each other.
I know in Fairfax they did something in the way they admit that reduced the number of private school admissions to the TJ magnet really dramatically. I don't recall what but my guess is applicants from private are overwhelmingly white/Asian and higher income which is what they do not want.

Oh FFS. While public schools are set up to serve all children in their area, I don't think it rises to the level of discrimination to assume that kids already attending privates would most likely continue at those privates if not admitted to a PS special program, and to admit accordingly. And that's discrimination against private school students-- not white and Asian students. I mean, really.

I agree.

I'm not opposed to the policy in general. I just think the school districts should be transparent about it which I think Fairfax was but MCPS is not.
The other thing is that in Fairfax it was done with clear racial motivations according to text messages and other documents by the people making those policies so that's wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid scored a 234 on Reading. Lexile level 1245L–1395LL. Our home is in bounds for a Title 1 school, but he's been attending a small private. Excellent student. He was not even selected for the CES lottery, and we are shocked. 99th percentile in reading, 98th in math. He's white, though it seems from this thread that's not a factor. We suppose and imagine the county assumes he's doing fine in private, but private doesn't equal accelerated. I wish I better understood the logic and wasn't simply guessing.

This seems wrong. It's really unethical and disgusting MCPS isn't releasing more information. It's possible they normed the private school kids against each other.
I know in Fairfax they did something in the way they admit that reduced the number of private school admissions to the TJ magnet really dramatically. I don't recall what but my guess is applicants from private are overwhelmingly white/Asian and higher income which is what they do not want.

Oh FFS. While public schools are set up to serve all children in their area, I don't think it rises to the level of discrimination to assume that kids already attending privates would most likely continue at those privates if not admitted to a PS special program, and to admit accordingly. And that's discrimination against private school students-- not white and Asian students. I mean, really.

I agree.

I'm not opposed to the policy in general. I just think the school districts should be transparent about it which I think Fairfax was but MCPS is not.
The other thing is that in Fairfax it was done with clear racial motivations according to text messages and other documents by the people making those policies so that's wrong.

I'm not clear on that at all. I know some people may want to believe that but I think it was done to give everyone a fair chance not just people willing to game the system by dumping tens of thousands into prep classees.