Blair magnet

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

It was a good information session and he was very diplomatic. I got the sense that he was trying very hard to say all the right things, but that the committee absolutely knows who is in the TPMS magnet and who is not.

I’m the PP you quoted, and, yes, I can see how what you say could be true. And my DH agrees completely with you. Thank you for explaining your point instead of starting a DCUM war!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

It was a good information session and he was very diplomatic. I got the sense that he was trying very hard to say all the right things, but that the committee absolutely knows who is in the TPMS magnet and who is not.

It has to be obvious because they would take computer science courses in 7th and 8th and they don't offer that at any other MS. It makes no sense to strip the magnet designation from the math grade in the transcript because the kids in the humanities magnet would also have different specialized courses that would be obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

It was a good information session and he was very diplomatic. I got the sense that he was trying very hard to say all the right things, but that the committee absolutely knows who is in the TPMS magnet and who is not.

It has to be obvious because they would take computer science courses in 7th and 8th and they don't offer that at any other MS. It makes no sense to strip the magnet designation from the math grade in the transcript because the kids in the humanities magnet would also have different specialized courses that would be obvious.

But at the open house the coordinator said that they don’t have access to the entire transcript, just the math and science grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

It was a good information session and he was very diplomatic. I got the sense that he was trying very hard to say all the right things, but that the committee absolutely knows who is in the TPMS magnet and who is not.

It has to be obvious because they would take computer science courses in 7th and 8th and they don't offer that at any other MS. It makes no sense to strip the magnet designation from the math grade in the transcript because the kids in the humanities magnet would also have different specialized courses that would be obvious.

But at the open house the coordinator said that they don’t have access to the entire transcript, just the math and science grades.

That's terrible. Why are they making it so narrow? It's really like a lottery then, and I really think that's unfair to the TPMS students who challenge themselves by taking harder classes in both subjects. I do not have a TPMS student FWIW.

[Anonymous]

Why wouldn't they take into account the computer science grades too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

It was a good information session and he was very diplomatic. I got the sense that he was trying very hard to say all the right things, but that the committee absolutely knows who is in the TPMS magnet and who is not.

It has to be obvious because they would take computer science courses in 7th and 8th and they don't offer that at any other MS. It makes no sense to strip the magnet designation from the math grade in the transcript because the kids in the humanities magnet would also have different specialized courses that would be obvious.

But at the open house the coordinator said that they don’t have access to the entire transcript, just the math and science grades.

That's terrible. Why are they making it so narrow? It's really like a lottery then, and I really think that's unfair to the TPMS students who challenge themselves by taking harder classes in both subjects. I do not have a TPMS student FWIW.

It’s a crapshoot. Might as well be a lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn't they take into account the computer science grades too?

Because not all kids have those.

[Anonymous]

As a parent of a child in the TPMS magnet I am absolutely salty that they may not be identifying magnet kids. Magnet Math incorporates more challenging material AND meets half the time that regular math meets (every other day as opposed to every day).

1. An A in a class that is faster paced with more rigor means something different than an A in a class that meets twice as often with less rigor.

2. It sucks that not everyone who is capable and a good fit for the TPMS magnet gets admitted.

Both 1 and 2 can be true at the same time. And they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a child in the TPMS magnet I am absolutely salty that they may not be identifying magnet kids. Magnet Math incorporates more challenging material AND meets half the time that regular math meets (every other day as opposed to every day).

1. An A in a class that is faster paced with more rigor means something different than an A in a class that meets twice as often with less rigor.

2. It sucks that not everyone who is capable and a good fit for the TPMS magnet gets admitted.

Both 1 and 2 can be true at the same time. And they are.

Why should Magnet kids get a priority when there are just as many or more non-magnet kids who are equally if not more deserving? It's not that much rigor at TPMS though you want to tell yourself that. And, not all kids want to go to TPMS. If your kid is taking Geometry in 8th vs. another taking Algebra 2, then one could argue that the child taking Algebra 2 not in a TPMS is more rigorous. And, if the non-TPMS MAP scores are higher, then that child would be more deserving as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn't they take into account the computer science grades too?

Because not all kids have those.

Not all schools offer computer science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

It was a good information session and he was very diplomatic. I got the sense that he was trying very hard to say all the right things, but that the committee absolutely knows who is in the TPMS magnet and who is not.

It has to be obvious because they would take computer science courses in 7th and 8th and they don't offer that at any other MS. It makes no sense to strip the magnet designation from the math grade in the transcript because the kids in the humanities magnet would also have different specialized courses that would be obvious.

Some schools offer it in 7th and 8th and others don't. My child's school offers computer science in both 7 and 8th and they took it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

It was a good information session and he was very diplomatic. I got the sense that he was trying very hard to say all the right things, but that the committee absolutely knows who is in the TPMS magnet and who is not.

It has to be obvious because they would take computer science courses in 7th and 8th and they don't offer that at any other MS. It makes no sense to strip the magnet designation from the math grade in the transcript because the kids in the humanities magnet would also have different specialized courses that would be obvious.

Some schools offer it in 7th and 8th and others don't. My child's school offers computer science in both 7 and 8th and they took it.

Your school offers two levels of computer science? Which one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn't they take into account the computer science grades too?

Because not all kids have those.

Not all schools offer computer science.

They should still look at the grades as being part of the holistic review showing that kids did well in that class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a child in the TPMS magnet I am absolutely salty that they may not be identifying magnet kids. Magnet Math incorporates more challenging material AND meets half the time that regular math meets (every other day as opposed to every day).

1. An A in a class that is faster paced with more rigor means something different than an A in a class that meets twice as often with less rigor.

2. It sucks that not everyone who is capable and a good fit for the TPMS magnet gets admitted.

Both 1 and 2 can be true at the same time. And they are.

Why should Magnet kids get a priority when there are just as many or more non-magnet kids who are equally if not more deserving? It's not that much rigor at TPMS though you want to tell yourself that. And, not all kids want to go to TPMS. If your kid is taking Geometry in 8th vs. another taking Algebra 2, then one could argue that the child taking Algebra 2 not in a TPMS is more rigorous. And, if the non-TPMS MAP scores are higher, then that child would be more deserving as well.

I don't think she's saying they should get priority. At some point in the lotteries for ES or MS they said you had to get As in specific subjects to be considered/in the pool. If they are doing that for HS and a child has a B in a magnet math class I personally would see that as equivalent to an A in a regular math class so it's important to know which math class they are talking about. My child is non-magnet so this does not benefit my child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn't they take into account the computer science grades too?

Because not all kids have those.

Not all schools offer computer science.

They should still look at the grades as being part of the holistic review showing that kids did well in that class.

Agree and I don't think it's necessary to take two classes of CS in Middle School. The 2nd class is partly a repeat of the first.