Is it good or bad that MCPS placed Magnet schools in the lowest performing schools?

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This is false. ANYONE could take the test, and it wasn't heavily reliant on teacher/parent rec.

Only kids whose parents asked for their children to be tested were considered for the program in previous years but now schools identify candidates. Something like five times as many kids were tested than in prior years. This seems far more inclusive and does a better job finding the best candidates.

I totally agree. As long as MCPS provides adequate accelerated classes for the cohorts of kids who are left at their home schools, I think this is actually a really good move towards equity in access to magnet programs.

And that is the $64,000 question. Right now, they are only going to offer one or two of such classes, and I doubt the curriculum of those classes will be the exact same as in the magnet.

Massive eye role

If you are in the wealthier part of the county you are already accelerated. Even the kids in the "regular classes" are lightyears ahead of the average MCPS student.
So instead of having a magnet with kids who already were going to be fine and do well in their base schools. We have switched to a system that identifies smart kids from poorer (and yes more diverse) section of MCPS who could really benefit form having more advanced programming vs the slower normal programming at their base school.

This isn't about whether student A is ahead of student B. This is about equal access to accelerated curriculum for students who are equally, and in some cases, more than able than others, and simply missed out because they are surrounded by more of such students.

you are in the wrong county then
this is about giving poorer and yes generally black/Hispanic minority students exposure to more advanced curriculum
the old model gave more spots to richer and generally white and Asian students who yes had higher test scores but come from high functioning schools that are capable of providing advanced challenging curriculum locally

We're going around in circles. The pilot program to some of the MS will only offer at most one or two more "advanced" classes, and not the exact same magnet curriculum that the MS magnets will have. If that were the case, then of course, it would basically be a magnet without calling it a magnet. But that's not what's happening.

My DC takes "Honors" World History and English, and the Principal and teachers told the incoming parents of HGC students that these kids would be challenged. There is nothing "honors" about it. So, I have very little confidence about the one or two classes with more advanced curriculum.

And MCPS is a public school that should be providing the same access to all high achieving students. You can say it didn't use to, but it's not doing that today either.

Unfortunately this is very hard to achieve. Public school "should" be all things to all different types of students. Alas it is not. We have a child with an IEP and I can tell you we are fighting for access as well. If you want a perfectly tailored education -- home school.

I see, so demanding that MCPS treat students equally is too much. You can fight for your child's IEP, but other parents should shut up about fighting for their high achieving kid to get access to accelerated curriculum? I'm not looking for a perfect tailored education for my child alone. I want MCPS to treat my child and other children equally in terms of access to accelerated curriculum. Is that really asking for too much from a public school, equal access?

See I actually think they are starting to treat students equally by giving more access to the magnets.

at the expense of others. That's the problem. If they don't provide the same curriculum to the others, then that's not equal access.

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This is false. ANYONE could take the test, and it wasn't heavily reliant on teacher/parent rec.

Only kids whose parents asked for their children to be tested were considered for the program in previous years but now schools identify candidates. Something like five times as many kids were tested than in prior years. This seems far more inclusive and does a better job finding the best candidates.

I totally agree. As long as MCPS provides adequate accelerated classes for the cohorts of kids who are left at their home schools, I think this is actually a really good move towards equity in access to magnet programs.

And that is the $64,000 question. Right now, they are only going to offer one or two of such classes, and I doubt the curriculum of those classes will be the exact same as in the magnet.

Massive eye role

If you are in the wealthier part of the county you are already accelerated. Even the kids in the "regular classes" are lightyears ahead of the average MCPS student.
So instead of having a magnet with kids who already were going to be fine and do well in their base schools. We have switched to a system that identifies smart kids from poorer (and yes more diverse) section of MCPS who could really benefit form having more advanced programming vs the slower normal programming at their base school.

This isn't about whether student A is ahead of student B. This is about equal access to accelerated curriculum for students who are equally, and in some cases, more than able than others, and simply missed out because they are surrounded by more of such students.

you are in the wrong county then
this is about giving poorer and yes generally black/Hispanic minority students exposure to more advanced curriculum
the old model gave more spots to richer and generally white and Asian students who yes had higher test scores but come from high functioning schools that are capable of providing advanced challenging curriculum locally

We're going around in circles. The pilot program to some of the MS will only offer at most one or two more "advanced" classes, and not the exact same magnet curriculum that the MS magnets will have. If that were the case, then of course, it would basically be a magnet without calling it a magnet. But that's not what's happening.

My DC takes "Honors" World History and English, and the Principal and teachers told the incoming parents of HGC students that these kids would be challenged. There is nothing "honors" about it. So, I have very little confidence about the one or two classes with more advanced curriculum.

And MCPS is a public school that should be providing the same access to all high achieving students. You can say it didn't use to, but it's not doing that today either.

Unfortunately this is very hard to achieve. Public school "should" be all things to all different types of students. Alas it is not. We have a child with an IEP and I can tell you we are fighting for access as well. If you want a perfectly tailored education -- home school.

I see, so demanding that MCPS treat students equally is too much. You can fight for your child's IEP, but other parents should shut up about fighting for their high achieving kid to get access to accelerated curriculum? I'm not looking for a perfect tailored education for my child alone. I want MCPS to treat my child and other children equally in terms of access to accelerated curriculum. Is that really asking for too much from a public school, equal access?

See I actually think they are starting to treat students equally by giving more access to the magnets.

at the expense of others. That's the problem. If they don't provide the same curriculum to the others, then that's not equal access.

its more equal than it used to be. there are always going to be kids that don't get in.

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My DC takes "Honors" World History and English, and the Principal and teachers told the incoming parents of HGC students that these kids would be challenged. There is nothing "honors" about it. So, I have very little confidence about the one or two classes with more advanced curriculum.

And MCPS is a public school that should be providing the same access to all high achieving students. You can say it didn't use to, but it's not doing that today either.

Unfortunately this is very hard to achieve. Public school "should" be all things to all different types of students. Alas it is not. We have a child with an IEP and I can tell you we are fighting for access as well. If you want a perfectly tailored education -- home school.

I see, so demanding that MCPS treat students equally is too much. You can fight for your child's IEP, but other parents should shut up about fighting for their high achieving kid to get access to accelerated curriculum? I'm not looking for a perfect tailored education for my child alone. I want MCPS to treat my child and other children equally in terms of access to accelerated curriculum. Is that really asking for too much from a public school, equal access?

You have been given an amazing, golden opportunity and you are acting super surly about it! Your high achieving child is getting to go to her own middle school with a large cohort of highly able peers. And the county has opened the door to pilot an enriched magnet curriculum at your school as well. You can spend your time complaining or you can set to work making that middle school an amazing place. There is now nothing stopping you. With a large cohort of bright kids, you are sure to have an organic emergence of all kinds of great EC activities. You and the other parents should push the principal hard to assure that the program will be strengthened with appropriate teacher training and resources. Combine strength with the other parents to demand that those honors courses are rigorous and give the teachers feedback if you feel the curriculum is less than savory. The county is changing the ENTIRE ES and MS curriculum over the next few years, so use that flux to get the kind of curriculum you want to see. Within the next couple of years you are going to have a truly incredible middle school smack in your community. Please take a moment to imagine the plight of able kids who do NOT have a highly able cohort or who have a cohort but who must wait for the enriched curriculum to come their way. Asking for everything, for you, right away, at the cost of others, is in fact asking too much. The rest of us are grasping at the crumbs of your feast, so please stop complaining that the wine isn’t right.

again, it's not the same curriculum. Of course if it was people would not be complaining.

And I and the other parents have already pushed the Principal and teachers to provide a more rigorous curriculum last year. Nothing came of that.

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This is false. ANYONE could take the test, and it wasn't heavily reliant on teacher/parent rec.

Only kids whose parents asked for their children to be tested were considered for the program in previous years but now schools identify candidates. Something like five times as many kids were tested than in prior years. This seems far more inclusive and does a better job finding the best candidates.

I totally agree. As long as MCPS provides adequate accelerated classes for the cohorts of kids who are left at their home schools, I think this is actually a really good move towards equity in access to magnet programs.

And that is the $64,000 question. Right now, they are only going to offer one or two of such classes, and I doubt the curriculum of those classes will be the exact same as in the magnet.

Massive eye role

If you are in the wealthier part of the county you are already accelerated. Even the kids in the "regular classes" are lightyears ahead of the average MCPS student.
So instead of having a magnet with kids who already were going to be fine and do well in their base schools. We have switched to a system that identifies smart kids from poorer (and yes more diverse) section of MCPS who could really benefit form having more advanced programming vs the slower normal programming at their base school.

This isn't about whether student A is ahead of student B. This is about equal access to accelerated curriculum for students who are equally, and in some cases, more than able than others, and simply missed out because they are surrounded by more of such students.

you are in the wrong county then
this is about giving poorer and yes generally black/Hispanic minority students exposure to more advanced curriculum
the old model gave more spots to richer and generally white and Asian students who yes had higher test scores but come from high functioning schools that are capable of providing advanced challenging curriculum locally

We're going around in circles. The pilot program to some of the MS will only offer at most one or two more "advanced" classes, and not the exact same magnet curriculum that the MS magnets will have. If that were the case, then of course, it would basically be a magnet without calling it a magnet. But that's not what's happening.

My DC takes "Honors" World History and English, and the Principal and teachers told the incoming parents of HGC students that these kids would be challenged. There is nothing "honors" about it. So, I have very little confidence about the one or two classes with more advanced curriculum.

And MCPS is a public school that should be providing the same access to all high achieving students. You can say it didn't use to, but it's not doing that today either.

Unfortunately this is very hard to achieve. Public school "should" be all things to all different types of students. Alas it is not. We have a child with an IEP and I can tell you we are fighting for access as well. If you want a perfectly tailored education -- home school.

I see, so demanding that MCPS treat students equally is too much. You can fight for your child's IEP, but other parents should shut up about fighting for their high achieving kid to get access to accelerated curriculum? I'm not looking for a perfect tailored education for my child alone. I want MCPS to treat my child and other children equally in terms of access to accelerated curriculum. Is that really asking for too much from a public school, equal access?

See I actually think they are starting to treat students equally by giving more access to the magnets.

at the expense of others. That's the problem. If they don't provide the same curriculum to the others, then that's not equal access.

its more equal than it used to be. there are always going to be kids that don't get in.

? who says it's more equal? A lot less highly able students got in this year? Is that "more equal"?

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Why do you think that is true?

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I see, so demanding that MCPS treat students equally is too much. You can fight for your child's IEP, but other parents should shut up about fighting for their high achieving kid to get access to accelerated curriculum? I'm not looking for a perfect tailored education for my child alone. I want MCPS to treat my child and other children equally in terms of access to accelerated curriculum. Is that really asking for too much from a public school, equal access?

This X100. MCPS looks upon high achieving kids as pawns or tools to serve some other social purpose. My kid is not your tool to solve a larger social problem.

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I see, so demanding that MCPS treat students equally is too much. You can fight for your child's IEP, but other parents should shut up about fighting for their high achieving kid to get access to accelerated curriculum? I'm not looking for a perfect tailored education for my child alone. I want MCPS to treat my child and other children equally in terms of access to accelerated curriculum. Is that really asking for too much from a public school, equal access?

See I actually think they are starting to treat students equally by giving more access to the magnets.
at the expense of others. That's the problem. If they don't provide the same curriculum to the others, then that's not equal access.

its more equal than it used to be. there are always going to be kids that don't get in.
? who says it's more equal? A lot less highly able students got in this year? Is that "more equal"?

How do you know a lot less highly able students got in? How do you know the scores of everyone who got in?

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This is false. ANYONE could take the test, and it wasn't heavily reliant on teacher/parent rec.

Only kids whose parents asked for their children to be tested were considered for the program in previous years but now schools identify candidates. Something like five times as many kids were tested than in prior years. This seems far more inclusive and does a better job finding the best candidates.

I totally agree. As long as MCPS provides adequate accelerated classes for the cohorts of kids who are left at their home schools, I think this is actually a really good move towards equity in access to magnet programs.

And that is the $64,000 question. Right now, they are only going to offer one or two of such classes, and I doubt the curriculum of those classes will be the exact same as in the magnet.

Massive eye role

If you are in the wealthier part of the county you are already accelerated. Even the kids in the "regular classes" are lightyears ahead of the average MCPS student.
So instead of having a magnet with kids who already were going to be fine and do well in their base schools. We have switched to a system that identifies smart kids from poorer (and yes more diverse) section of MCPS who could really benefit form having more advanced programming vs the slower normal programming at their base school.

This isn't about whether student A is ahead of student B. This is about equal access to accelerated curriculum for students who are equally, and in some cases, more than able than others, and simply missed out because they are surrounded by more of such students.

you are in the wrong county then
this is about giving poorer and yes generally black/Hispanic minority students exposure to more advanced curriculum
the old model gave more spots to richer and generally white and Asian students who yes had higher test scores but come from high functioning schools that are capable of providing advanced challenging curriculum locally

We're going around in circles. The pilot program to some of the MS will only offer at most one or two more "advanced" classes, and not the exact same magnet curriculum that the MS magnets will have. If that were the case, then of course, it would basically be a magnet without calling it a magnet. But that's not what's happening.

My DC takes "Honors" World History and English, and the Principal and teachers told the incoming parents of HGC students that these kids would be challenged. There is nothing "honors" about it. So, I have very little confidence about the one or two classes with more advanced curriculum.

And MCPS is a public school that should be providing the same access to all high achieving students. You can say it didn't use to, but it's not doing that today either.

Unfortunately this is very hard to achieve. Public school "should" be all things to all different types of students. Alas it is not. We have a child with an IEP and I can tell you we are fighting for access as well. If you want a perfectly tailored education -- home school.

I see, so demanding that MCPS treat students equally is too much. You can fight for your child's IEP, but other parents should shut up about fighting for their high achieving kid to get access to accelerated curriculum? I'm not looking for a perfect tailored education for my child alone. I want MCPS to treat my child and other children equally in terms of access to accelerated curriculum. Is that really asking for too much from a public school, equal access?

See I actually think they are starting to treat students equally by giving more access to the magnets.

at the expense of others. That's the problem. If they don't provide the same curriculum to the others, then that's not equal access.

no matter which way they do things -- its at the expense of someone. Just this time its you versus others who you don't care about. Don't know what to tell you except I assume your home school is quite good.

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? who says it's more equal? A lot less highly able students got in this year? Is that "more equal"?

How do you know a lot less highly able students got in? How do you know the scores of everyone who got in?

Why is MCPS hiding the median test scores of accepted students when they never used to before? If this wider net is really working, and it proves that those URM are just as able, then wouldn't that be reflected in part by their high test scores? And if so, then wouldn't MCPS want to publicize it to show how the wider net is really working?

But they aren't so what are they hiding? Are they afraid that by showing the median test scores of accepted students it would clearly show that students with much higher test scores didn't get in, and that the overall median test scores of accepted students went down compared to previous years? If this is not the case, then why wouldn't MCPS show this information?

And you can say that one single test shouldn't determine ability, which may be true, but then why not show the score? What purpose would it serve, you might ask? It would give the parents an idea of where their child scored in relation to others. Why can't that be transparent? We can get access to MAP and PARCC scores of the school, cluster and MCPS as a whole, but not for the magnet tests? MCPS publishes AP, SAT, ACT tests of its student body, but not magnet tests? Why not?

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This is false. ANYONE could take the test, and it wasn't heavily reliant on teacher/parent rec.

Only kids whose parents asked for their children to be tested were considered for the program in previous years but now schools identify candidates. Something like five times as many kids were tested than in prior years. This seems far more inclusive and does a better job finding the best candidates.

I totally agree. As long as MCPS provides adequate accelerated classes for the cohorts of kids who are left at their home schools, I think this is actually a really good move towards equity in access to magnet programs.

And that is the $64,000 question. Right now, they are only going to offer one or two of such classes, and I doubt the curriculum of those classes will be the exact same as in the magnet.

Massive eye role

If you are in the wealthier part of the county you are already accelerated. Even the kids in the "regular classes" are lightyears ahead of the average MCPS student.
So instead of having a magnet with kids who already were going to be fine and do well in their base schools. We have switched to a system that identifies smart kids from poorer (and yes more diverse) section of MCPS who could really benefit form having more advanced programming vs the slower normal programming at their base school.

This isn't about whether student A is ahead of student B. This is about equal access to accelerated curriculum for students who are equally, and in some cases, more than able than others, and simply missed out because they are surrounded by more of such students.

you are in the wrong county then
this is about giving poorer and yes generally black/Hispanic minority students exposure to more advanced curriculum
the old model gave more spots to richer and generally white and Asian students who yes had higher test scores but come from high functioning schools that are capable of providing advanced challenging curriculum locally

We're going around in circles. The pilot program to some of the MS will only offer at most one or two more "advanced" classes, and not the exact same magnet curriculum that the MS magnets will have. If that were the case, then of course, it would basically be a magnet without calling it a magnet. But that's not what's happening.

My DC takes "Honors" World History and English, and the Principal and teachers told the incoming parents of HGC students that these kids would be challenged. There is nothing "honors" about it. So, I have very little confidence about the one or two classes with more advanced curriculum.

And MCPS is a public school that should be providing the same access to all high achieving students. You can say it didn't use to, but it's not doing that today either.

Unfortunately this is very hard to achieve. Public school "should" be all things to all different types of students. Alas it is not. We have a child with an IEP and I can tell you we are fighting for access as well. If you want a perfectly tailored education -- home school.

I see, so demanding that MCPS treat students equally is too much. You can fight for your child's IEP, but other parents should shut up about fighting for their high achieving kid to get access to accelerated curriculum? I'm not looking for a perfect tailored education for my child alone. I want MCPS to treat my child and other children equally in terms of access to accelerated curriculum. Is that really asking for too much from a public school, equal access?

See I actually think they are starting to treat students equally by giving more access to the magnets.

at the expense of others. That's the problem. If they don't provide the same curriculum to the others, then that's not equal access.

no matter which way they do things -- its at the expense of someone. Just this time its you versus others who you don't care about. Don't know what to tell you except I assume your home school is quite good.

Why should a taxpayer funded public school provide certain types of education at the expense of one child over another? I don't think anyone on the west side thinks no student from the poorer side should not have access to magnet.

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This is false. ANYONE could take the test, and it wasn't heavily reliant on teacher/parent rec.

Only kids whose parents asked for their children to be tested were considered for the program in previous years but now schools identify candidates. Something like five times as many kids were tested than in prior years. This seems far more inclusive and does a better job finding the best candidates.

I totally agree. As long as MCPS provides adequate accelerated classes for the cohorts of kids who are left at their home schools, I think this is actually a really good move towards equity in access to magnet programs.

And that is the $64,000 question. Right now, they are only going to offer one or two of such classes, and I doubt the curriculum of those classes will be the exact same as in the magnet.

Massive eye role

If you are in the wealthier part of the county you are already accelerated. Even the kids in the "regular classes" are lightyears ahead of the average MCPS student.
So instead of having a magnet with kids who already were going to be fine and do well in their base schools. We have switched to a system that identifies smart kids from poorer (and yes more diverse) section of MCPS who could really benefit form having more advanced programming vs the slower normal programming at their base school.

This isn't about whether student A is ahead of student B. This is about equal access to accelerated curriculum for students who are equally, and in some cases, more than able than others, and simply missed out because they are surrounded by more of such students.

you are in the wrong county then
this is about giving poorer and yes generally black/Hispanic minority students exposure to more advanced curriculum
the old model gave more spots to richer and generally white and Asian students who yes had higher test scores but come from high functioning schools that are capable of providing advanced challenging curriculum locally

We're going around in circles. The pilot program to some of the MS will only offer at most one or two more "advanced" classes, and not the exact same magnet curriculum that the MS magnets will have. If that were the case, then of course, it would basically be a magnet without calling it a magnet. But that's not what's happening.

My DC takes "Honors" World History and English, and the Principal and teachers told the incoming parents of HGC students that these kids would be challenged. There is nothing "honors" about it. So, I have very little confidence about the one or two classes with more advanced curriculum.

And MCPS is a public school that should be providing the same access to all high achieving students. You can say it didn't use to, but it's not doing that today either.

Unfortunately this is very hard to achieve. Public school "should" be all things to all different types of students. Alas it is not. We have a child with an IEP and I can tell you we are fighting for access as well. If you want a perfectly tailored education -- home school.

I see, so demanding that MCPS treat students equally is too much. You can fight for your child's IEP, but other parents should shut up about fighting for their high achieving kid to get access to accelerated curriculum? I'm not looking for a perfect tailored education for my child alone. I want MCPS to treat my child and other children equally in terms of access to accelerated curriculum. Is that really asking for too much from a public school, equal access?

See I actually think they are starting to treat students equally by giving more access to the magnets.

at the expense of others. That's the problem. If they don't provide the same curriculum to the others, then that's not equal access.

no matter which way they do things -- its at the expense of someone. Just this time its you versus others who you don't care about. Don't know what to tell you except I assume your home school is quite good.

Why should a taxpayer funded public school provide certain types of education at the expense of one child over another? I don't think anyone on the west side thinks no student from the poorer side should not have access to magnet.

really. have you been on dcum long?

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no matter which way they do things -- its at the expense of someone. Just this time its you versus others who you don't care about. Don't know what to tell you except I assume your home school is quite good.

Why do you think I don't care about poor kids? I have no problem with MCPS providing free meals, extra resources to poor kids. I don't mind that they get extra funding. I grew up poor, child of uneducated immigrant parents. I've donated to MCPS for back to school drives and the like. Should I now only care about my kids and only donate funds to my kids' schools? Should we just use our property tax to fund our local schools, and not the eastern side of the county? No, right? Because we all live in one county, with one school budget.

I do mind that MCPS won't provide access to the *SAME* curriculum as high achieving kids on the eastern side just because some of the kids on the western side have like peers, which is meaningless without an advanced curriculum.

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Why should a taxpayer funded public school provide certain types of education at the expense of one child over another? I don't think anyone on the west side thinks no student from the poorer side should not have access to magnet.

really. have you been on dcum long?

Show me on this forum where someone stated that kids on the eastern side who score as high don't deserve to be in the magnet?

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Why should a taxpayer funded public school provide certain types of education at the expense of one child over another? I don't think anyone on the west side thinks no student from the poorer side should not have access to magnet.

really. have you been on dcum long?

Show me on this forum where someone stated that kids on the eastern side who score as high don't deserve to be in the magnet?

Except its not all about test score -- therein lies the problem with your statement.

Many people on this board think the URM kids should not be there -- they have complained that the curriculum will be "watered down" now that those kids have been accepted.

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Why should a taxpayer funded public school provide certain types of education at the expense of one child over another? I don't think anyone on the west side thinks no student from the poorer side should not have access to magnet.

really. have you been on dcum long?

Show me on this forum where someone stated that kids on the eastern side who score as high don't deserve to be in the magnet?

Except its not all about test score -- therein lies the problem with your statement.

Many people on this board think the URM kids should not be there -- they have complained that the curriculum will be "watered down" now that those kids have been accepted.

Test scores are one part, and if they scored well, why isn't MCPS publishing it? What are they hiding?

People think kids who aren't as high achieving should not be there, and they shouldn't since this is a merit based academic public program. It just so happens that URM tend to perform lower academically. That's not racist. Even MCPS agrees with that and that's why they are trying to close the achievement gap.