Robert Frost beats Takoma Park in Mathcounts

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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?

Admitting high-performers based on FARMS rate makes perfect sense. The same parents who complain about this are also the ones who talks about the "good" and "bad" schools. It makes sense to account for the differences in opportunities available at these schools when identifying the highest performers.

Sure.. but then you get a program full of not the highest performing students, and then you see them not doing as well in math competitions. We're not arguing whether "peer cohort" admission "makes sense" or not. People are stating that doing so would impact the caliber of the class, and we are seeing that play out.

Or possibly the new cohort rules are working as intended since Frost apparently has a strong cohort too and even more kids are benefitting from this change.

+100 seems like Frost kids don't need to travel across the county to find peers and be challenged.

Indeed... but now TP magnet is not as strong and losing math competitions. Sad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LOL

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?

Admitting high-performers based on FARMS rate makes perfect sense. The same parents who complain about this are also the ones who talks about the "good" and "bad" schools. It makes sense to account for the differences in opportunities available at these schools when identifying the highest performers.

Sure.. but then you get a program full of not the highest performing students, and then you see them not doing as well in math competitions. We're not arguing whether "peer cohort" admission "makes sense" or not. People are stating that doing so would impact the caliber of the class, and we are seeing that play out.

Or possibly the new cohort rules are working as intended since Frost apparently has a strong cohort too and even more kids are benefitting from this change.

+100 seems like Frost kids don't need to travel across the county to find peers and be challenged.

Indeed... but now TP magnet is not as strong and losing math competitions. Sad.

The donald has found is! Who knew he cared?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LOL

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?

Admitting high-performers based on FARMS rate makes perfect sense. The same parents who complain about this are also the ones who talks about the "good" and "bad" schools. It makes sense to account for the differences in opportunities available at these schools when identifying the highest performers.

Sure.. but then you get a program full of not the highest performing students, and then you see them not doing as well in math competitions. We're not arguing whether "peer cohort" admission "makes sense" or not. People are stating that doing so would impact the caliber of the class, and we are seeing that play out.

Or possibly the new cohort rules are working as intended since Frost apparently has a strong cohort too and even more kids are benefitting from this change.

+100 seems like Frost kids don't need to travel across the county to find peers and be challenged.

Indeed... but now TP magnet is not as strong and losing math competitions. Sad.

The donald has found is! Who knew he cared?

The conclusion is kind of Trumpian. I mean sure every couple years they lose a few math competitions. I wouldn't read anything into it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this what people wanted? To have enriched opportunities at their home school so they didn’t have to ride a bus all the way to a neighborhood they were afraid of?

Why would you be afraid of the TPMS neighborhood? It is a walkable neighborhood with a ton of expensive large homes with upper middle class smart kids with academic/activist-type parents, and a few apartment buildings with hardworking nice people. Are you afraid of the adorable housewares shop or the hipster coffee spots?

I found that comment strange too. We thought TPMS and the magnet program seemed fantastic, but we turned down the invitation because we couldn’t justify getting our kid up early and driving him to meet the 6:30 bus vs him walking 25 yards from our house to a 7:45 bus. He also wants to stick with his friends. We know many families who turned down the magnets for those reasons, and I can’t imagine how fear (other than fear of the commute) could play any role in the decision.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this what people wanted? To have enriched opportunities at their home school so they didn’t have to ride a bus all the way to a neighborhood they were afraid of?

Why would you be afraid of the TPMS neighborhood? It is a walkable neighborhood with a ton of expensive large homes with upper middle class smart kids with academic/activist-type parents, and a few apartment buildings with hardworking nice people. Are you afraid of the adorable housewares shop or the hipster coffee spots?

I found that comment strange too. We thought TPMS and the magnet program seemed fantastic, but we turned down the invitation because we couldn’t justify getting our kid up early and driving him to meet the 6:30 bus vs him walking 25 yards from our house to a 7:45 bus. He also wants to stick with his friends. We know many families who turned down the magnets for those reasons, and I can’t imagine how fear (other than fear of the commute) could play any role in the decision.

Hey guys, I’m the original author of that comment. I live in Silver Spring and for the past 10 years on this site have had to defend my neighborhood from the Potomac and Bethesda crowd as not a fearsome ghetto. So forgive me for thinking that some of them fail to send their kids because they’re afraid of our side of town. I’ve just seen too much bias against my whole community to think it’s just about the commute.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this what people wanted? To have enriched opportunities at their home school so they didn’t have to ride a bus all the way to a neighborhood they were afraid of?

Why would you be afraid of the TPMS neighborhood? It is a walkable neighborhood with a ton of expensive large homes with upper middle class smart kids with academic/activist-type parents, and a few apartment buildings with hardworking nice people. Are you afraid of the adorable housewares shop or the hipster coffee spots?

I found that comment strange too. We thought TPMS and the magnet program seemed fantastic, but we turned down the invitation because we couldn’t justify getting our kid up early and driving him to meet the 6:30 bus vs him walking 25 yards from our house to a 7:45 bus. He also wants to stick with his friends. We know many families who turned down the magnets for those reasons, and I can’t imagine how fear (other than fear of the commute) could play any role in the decision.

Hey guys, I’m the original author of that comment. I live in Silver Spring and for the past 10 years on this site have had to defend my neighborhood from the Potomac and Bethesda crowd as not a fearsome ghetto. So forgive me for thinking that some of them fail to send their kids because they’re afraid of our side of town. I’ve just seen too much bias against my whole community to think it’s just about the commute.

You’ve probably been responding almost entirely to trolls who are not actually from Bethesda or Potomac for the last 10 years. Or else people who are not smart enough to produce a child who would be a magnet contender.

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So...mc and umc white, Asians and Indian kids mainly? Or has the achievement gap been filled at last?

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I don't know of anyone who turned down a magnet seat. Unless they got into multiple programs. Lol.

Mostly, people who choose not to go to the programs don't apply.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know of anyone who turned down a magnet seat. Unless they got into multiple programs. Lol.

Mostly, people who choose not to go to the programs don't apply.

No one applies. All fifth graders are considered.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know of anyone who turned down a magnet seat. Unless they got into multiple programs. Lol.

Mostly, people who choose not to go to the programs don't apply.

This year or last?

I know of four kids from our CES who turned down the MS Magnet spot. And one who tried it but left Eastern after the first quarter.

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Anonymous wrote:So...mc and umc white, Asians and Indian kids mainly? Or has the achievement gap been filled at last?

The number of AA and Hispanic kids in the program doubled when they started to look at the cohort at each MS to determine whether a student had a sufficient peer cohort at their home MS, and although this is better, the numbers are still pretty low.

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Anonymous wrote:You are all strangely overinvested in the results of a middle school after-school activity.

My thoughts exactly. Seems like there are a lot of intense Frost parents on this listserv. So glad my kid is not there! These people seem a little scary and way to focused on TPMS. Just do you Frost people.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this what people wanted? To have enriched opportunities at their home school so they didn’t have to ride a bus all the way to a neighborhood they were afraid of?

Why would you be afraid of the TPMS neighborhood? It is a walkable neighborhood with a ton of expensive large homes with upper middle class smart kids with academic/activist-type parents, and a few apartment buildings with hardworking nice people. Are you afraid of the adorable housewares shop or the hipster coffee spots?

I found that comment strange too. We thought TPMS and the magnet program seemed fantastic, but we turned down the invitation because we couldn’t justify getting our kid up early and driving him to meet the 6:30 bus vs him walking 25 yards from our house to a 7:45 bus. He also wants to stick with his friends. We know many families who turned down the magnets for those reasons, and I can’t imagine how fear (other than fear of the commute) could play any role in the decision.

Hey guys, I’m the original author of that comment. I live in Silver Spring and for the past 10 years on this site have had to defend my neighborhood from the Potomac and Bethesda crowd as not a fearsome ghetto. So forgive me for thinking that some of them fail to send their kids because they’re afraid of our side of town. I’ve just seen too much bias against my whole community to think it’s just about the commute.

I'm sure you are right. I'm at TPMS, and several magnet parents won't let their kids walk a couple blocks to our local library after school.

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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.

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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.

Isn't this exactly what MoCo intended? These kids are with a great cohort, a kick-a__ Mathcounts team, and, if half of these posters are to be believed, a better program than the TPMS magnet. They should be grateful for MCPS. Plus, no long bus ride.