Middle school magnet wait list notices?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I've read this thread before?

stop clicking on to then!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right, so has anyone received magnet school wait list invitations for the non-consortium schools? (eg, Clemente/Takoma?)

Most of the folks that we know are moving to Howard county / Frederick County for better education. MCPS is a mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right, so has anyone received magnet school wait list invitations for the non-consortium schools? (eg, Clemente/Takoma?)

Yes - we know someone who received waitlist invitation for Eastern.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Right, so has anyone received magnet school wait list invitations for the non-consortium schools? (eg, Clemente/Takoma?)

Most of the folks that we know are moving to Howard county / Frederick County for better education. MCPS is a mess.

The schools here are so overcrowded, but we really appreciate your sacrifice for the greater good. And don't let the door hit you on the way out!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, this lottery process really sucks and I am so disgusted with MCPS for this. Unfortunately, we have no charter schools and private is too expensive. Our DC did not get into the magnets last year and was waitlisted as well. DC has no peers in the local MS that are interested in things like robotics/programming and receives no real enrichment to speak off. Highly qualified kids who would have thrived at these magnets are essentially being overlooked by MCPS and their lack of transparency speaks volumes to how poorly managed this whole thing is.

I am glad they have not made the HS magnets lottery based yet. I am afraid that its simply a matter of time before MCPS messes that up as well.

I highly doubt your child has no smart peers.

MCPS is completely transparent about this. The problem is its a random lottery that doesn't serve anyone.

Please show us official language from MCPS that says it uses a RANDOM lottery system.

In article regarding the lawsuit against MCPS, that appeared in Bethesda Beat,

"MCPS stopped administering the test used to identify “highly able” students and implemented a lottery, or random selection, into its process, the filing says."

“In light of these changes to the screening and selection process, the old process Plaintiff challenges no longer exists,” MCPS wrote.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-files-to-dismiss-magnet-admissions-lawsuit/

[Anonymous]

No, it says a lottery. Random selection does not mean the lottery is fully random.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Right, so has anyone received magnet school wait list invitations for the non-consortium schools? (eg, Clemente/Takoma?)

Yes - we know someone who received waitlist invitation for Eastern.

What does waitlist invitation for eastern mean? Did MCPS assigned the student to Eastern from waitlist or just notified that student is in the waitlist?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Right, so has anyone received magnet school wait list invitations for the non-consortium schools? (eg, Clemente/Takoma?)

Most of the folks that we know are moving to Howard county / Frederick County for better education. MCPS is a mess.

The schools here are so overcrowded, but we really appreciate your sacrifice for the greater good. And don't let the door hit you on the way out!

I am sure you post the same message again and again on many threads. Did you get hit by the door on your way out? or are you paid by MCPS to post here to sway the conversations?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, this lottery process really sucks and I am so disgusted with MCPS for this. Unfortunately, we have no charter schools and private is too expensive. Our DC did not get into the magnets last year and was waitlisted as well. DC has no peers in the local MS that are interested in things like robotics/programming and receives no real enrichment to speak off. Highly qualified kids who would have thrived at these magnets are essentially being overlooked by MCPS and their lack of transparency speaks volumes to how poorly managed this whole thing is.

I am glad they have not made the HS magnets lottery based yet. I am afraid that its simply a matter of time before MCPS messes that up as well.

I highly doubt your child has no smart peers.

MCPS is completely transparent about this. The problem is its a random lottery that doesn't serve anyone.

Please show us official language from MCPS that says it uses a RANDOM lottery system.

In article regarding the lawsuit against MCPS, that appeared in Bethesda Beat,

"MCPS stopped administering the test used to identify “highly able” students and implemented a lottery, or random selection, into its process, the filing says."

“In light of these changes to the screening and selection process, the old process Plaintiff challenges no longer exists,” MCPS wrote.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-files-to-dismiss-magnet-admissions-lawsuit/

Wow.. unbelievable! It cannot be more clearer than this statement. We are going to screw the highly abled students in other words

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it says a lottery. Random selection does not mean the lottery is fully random.

How do we know? Someone may be sitting in the basement picking the names he/she likes until total number is reached?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it says a lottery. Random selection does not mean the lottery is fully random.

It kind of does, but feel free to debate. similar topics like whether up means down too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, it says a lottery. Random selection does not mean the lottery is fully random.

It kind of does, but feel free to debate. similar topics like whether up means down too.

You do realize that words are carefully chosen by the public information office and MCPS attorneys and the fact that they did not explicitly say it was a "random lottery" speaks volumes.
Do you not watch the news or understand how statements are crafted?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Right, so has anyone received magnet school wait list invitations for the non-consortium schools? (eg, Clemente/Takoma?)

Most of the folks that we know are moving to Howard county / Frederick County for better education. MCPS is a mess.

You and I both know this isn’t true. Frederick????

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, this lottery process really sucks and I am so disgusted with MCPS for this. Unfortunately, we have no charter schools and private is too expensive. Our DC did not get into the magnets last year and was waitlisted as well. DC has no peers in the local MS that are interested in things like robotics/programming and receives no real enrichment to speak off. Highly qualified kids who would have thrived at these magnets are essentially being overlooked by MCPS and their lack of transparency speaks volumes to how poorly managed this whole thing is.

I am glad they have not made the HS magnets lottery based yet. I am afraid that its simply a matter of time before MCPS messes that up as well.

I highly doubt your child has no smart peers.

MCPS is completely transparent about this. The problem is its a random lottery that doesn't serve anyone.

Please show us official language from MCPS that says it uses a RANDOM lottery system.

In article regarding the lawsuit against MCPS, that appeared in Bethesda Beat,

"MCPS stopped administering the test used to identify “highly able” students and implemented a lottery, or random selection, into its process, the filing says."

“In light of these changes to the screening and selection process, the old process Plaintiff challenges no longer exists,” MCPS wrote.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-files-to-dismiss-magnet-admissions-lawsuit/

Wow.. unbelievable! It cannot be more clearer than this statement. We are going to screw the highly abled students in other words

Except MCPS lost this motion to dismiss because they would not commit to "forever lottery"

[Anonymous]

Howard county or Frederick county schools are doing much better than MCPS schools in terms of ratings. MCPS is dragging down the highly abled students to the mud in the name of equity. This is unfortunate.