New thread -- actual MS magnet results

[Anonymous]

Looking at all this in disbelief.. Can anyone, please, clue me in as to why MCPS just doesn't open two - or five -- additional magnet classes?? Why is it so hard? I'm sure there's no shortage of qualified teachers.
WTF is wrong with MCPS that it doesn't give a crap about its brightest students??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Probably not the right “group” of kids MCPS is after.

OP, are you willing to post your race? If you're not comfortable with that, I can understand. In reality, it shouldn't matter, but I wonder if that is affecting admissions.

That would be illegal.

I doubt they use race as a factor, but geography tells a lot.

People that use geography as an excuse are sour grape losers.

Except for when MCPS has clearly stated that they are using geography (or cohort, or whatever you want to call it). And, when MCPS has clearly stated that they are NOT simply looking at high scores/high percentages.

Except MCPS uses this to determine need and benefit. It does not mean that one child is more or less qualified than another. The sad truth is they could double the number of seats and they'd have no problem filling them with kids with near perfect stats.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Probably not the right “group” of kids MCPS is after.

OP, are you willing to post your race? If you're not comfortable with that, I can understand. In reality, it shouldn't matter, but I wonder if that is affecting admissions.

That would be illegal.

I doubt they use race as a factor, but geography tells a lot.

People that use geography as an excuse are sour grape losers.

I cannot disagree with you more.

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Reject to both (not even waitlisted)

W-feeder school. 99% on age/grade on Cogat. Currently at CES. 99% MAPs (266 MAP-M, 243 in MAP-R) 5 in PARCC. Straight A's.

We are fine with our home MS, but the fact is that my kid is not even automatically considered for the enriched MS classes is troubling due to the fact of not being waitlisted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably not the right “group” of kids MCPS is after.

OP, are you willing to post your race? If you're not comfortable with that, I can understand. In reality, it shouldn't matter, but I wonder if that is affecting admissions.

That would be illegal.

I doubt they use race as a factor, but geography tells a lot.

People that use geography as an excuse are sour grape losers.

Except for when MCPS has clearly stated that they are using geography (or cohort, or whatever you want to call it). And, when MCPS has clearly stated that they are NOT simply looking at high scores/high percentages.

+1. I don’t know exactly how MCPS is doing it but they are trying to “diversify” the program. That much is no secret.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably not the right “group” of kids MCPS is after.

OP, are you willing to post your race? If you're not comfortable with that, I can understand. In reality, it shouldn't matter, but I wonder if that is affecting admissions.

That would be illegal.

I doubt they use race as a factor, but geography tells a lot.

People that use geography as an excuse are sour grape losers.

I cannot disagree with you more.

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Reject to both (not even waitlisted)

W-feeder school. 99% on age/grade on Cogat. Currently at CES. 99% MAPs (266 MAP-M, 243 in MAP-R) 5 in PARCC. Straight A's.

We are fine with our home MS, but the fact is that my kid is not even automatically considered for the enriched MS classes is troubling due to the fact of not being waitlisted.

If you really valued your child's education, you move to a neighborhood with a smaller cohort.

[Anonymous]

I think it's good that MCPS is trying to test more students and identify the needs of outliers. I know folks who teach at the magnets and from what I've heard anecdotally, there is more movement on the waitpools than there used to be in the old system.

[Anonymous]

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+1. I don’t know exactly how MCPS is doing it but they are trying to “diversify” the program. That much is no secret.

They've told us how they do it. They look at the cohort from the home middle school.

If you want to increase your child's chances of being admitted to a middle school magnet, move to an area where the home middle school has a smaller cohort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking at all this in disbelief.. Can anyone, please, clue me in as to why MCPS just doesn't open two - or five -- additional magnet classes?? Why is it so hard? I'm sure there's no shortage of qualified teachers.
WTF is wrong with MCPS that it doesn't give a crap about its brightest students??

MCPS's bright-est students will be outliers in any home middle school cohort.

Now, MCPS's group of just plain regular bright kids is certainly large. I don't think it would benefit anyone, magnet or home middle school, to put all of the just plain regular bright kids in magnet schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at all this in disbelief.. Can anyone, please, clue me in as to why MCPS just doesn't open two - or five -- additional magnet classes?? Why is it so hard? I'm sure there's no shortage of qualified teachers.
WTF is wrong with MCPS that it doesn't give a crap about its brightest students??

MCPS's bright-est students will be outliers in any home middle school cohort.

Now, MCPS's group of j[b]ust plain regular bright[/b] kids is certainly large. I don't think it would benefit anyone, magnet or home middle school, to put all of the just plain regular bright kids in magnet schools.

So you're saying that putting this kid

Perforated Envelop.

Reject to both (not even waitlisted)

W-feeder school. 99% on age/grade on Cogat. Currently at CES. 99% MAPs (266 MAP-M, 243 in MAP-R) 5 in PARCC. Straight A's.

Good luck all!

into a magnet would not benefit anyone, including the kid him/herself?? That's such a load of BS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably not the right “group” of kids MCPS is after.

OP, are you willing to post your race? If you're not comfortable with that, I can understand. In reality, it shouldn't matter, but I wonder if that is affecting admissions.

That would be illegal.

I doubt they use race as a factor, but geography tells a lot.

People that use geography as an excuse are sour grape losers.

I cannot disagree with you more.

===
Reject to both (not even waitlisted)

W-feeder school. 99% on age/grade on Cogat. Currently at CES. 99% MAPs (266 MAP-M, 243 in MAP-R) 5 in PARCC. Straight A's.

We are fine with our home MS, but the fact is that my kid is not even automatically considered for the enriched MS classes is troubling due to the fact of not being waitlisted.

What does this mean: The fact is that my kid is not even automatically considered for the enriched MS classes is troubling due to the fact of not being waitlisted.

What is the real chance that your kid will NOT be allowed into the enriched classes? I'm asking this out of curiosity because I intend to speak up if my kid is not offered those classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably not the right “group” of kids MCPS is after.

OP, are you willing to post your race? If you're not comfortable with that, I can understand. In reality, it shouldn't matter, but I wonder if that is affecting admissions.

That would be illegal.

I doubt they use race as a factor, but geography tells a lot.

People that use geography as an excuse are sour grape losers.

I cannot disagree with you more.

===
Reject to both (not even waitlisted)

W-feeder school. 99% on age/grade on Cogat. Currently at CES. 99% MAPs (266 MAP-M, 243 in MAP-R) 5 in PARCC. Straight A's.

We are fine with our home MS, but the fact is that my kid is not even automatically considered for the enriched MS classes is troubling due to the fact of not being waitlisted.

What does this mean: The fact is that my kid is not even automatically considered for the enriched MS classes is troubling due to the fact of not being waitlisted.

What is the real chance that your kid will NOT be allowed into the enriched classes? I'm asking this out of curiosity because I intend to speak up if my kid is not offered those classes.

The fact is you are now at the mercy of the MS principal. No one knows what the process is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking at all this in disbelief.. Can anyone, please, clue me in as to why MCPS just doesn't open two - or five -- additional magnet classes?? Why is it so hard? I'm sure there's no shortage of qualified teachers.
WTF is wrong with MCPS that it doesn't give a crap about its brightest students??

I agree that they should open more seats up. Or at least have stronger enrichment options at the home MSs.

But I felt the same about the CES admissions. 80 kids on our CES Wait List who were all qualified to be in the CES. There is an obvious need for more challenging instruction for the kids who can handle it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

+1. I don’t know exactly how MCPS is doing it but they are trying to “diversify” the program. That much is no secret.

They've told us how they do it. They look at the cohort from the home middle school.

If you want to increase your child's chances of being admitted to a middle school magnet, move to an area where the home middle school has a smaller cohort.

Seriously? What if the criteria change again next year if the result doesn’t satisfy the target?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably not the right “group” of kids MCPS is after.

OP, are you willing to post your race? If you're not comfortable with that, I can understand. In reality, it shouldn't matter, but I wonder if that is affecting admissions.

That would be illegal.

I doubt they use race as a factor, but geography tells a lot.

People that use geography as an excuse are sour grape losers.

I cannot disagree with you more.

===
Reject to both (not even waitlisted)

W-feeder school. 99% on age/grade on Cogat. Currently at CES. 99% MAPs (266 MAP-M, 243 in MAP-R) 5 in PARCC. Straight A's.

We are fine with our home MS, but the fact is that my kid is not even automatically considered for the enriched MS classes is troubling due to the fact of not being waitlisted.

What does this mean: The fact is that my kid is not even automatically considered for the enriched MS classes is troubling due to the fact of not being waitlisted.

What is the real chance that your kid will NOT be allowed into the enriched classes? I'm asking this out of curiosity because I intend to speak up if my kid is not offered those classes.

The fact is you are now at the mercy of the MS principal. No one knows what the process is.

Some of the MSs in that list posted up thread have 60 or so kids performing at a high level. Will those schools offer two sections of the ‘enriched’ classes to meet the needs of all this students? It will it be one class and the rest of the kids are just placed in regular classes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

+1. I don’t know exactly how MCPS is doing it but they are trying to “diversify” the program. That much is no secret.

They've told us how they do it. They look at the cohort from the home middle school.

If you want to increase your child's chances of being admitted to a middle school magnet, move to an area where the home middle school has a smaller cohort.

Seriously? What if the criteria change again next year if the result doesn’t satisfy the target?

Then they do.

An organization ought to change its policy if the policy is not effective at achieving the organization's goals - right? That's pretty basic.