MSMC lottery results

[Anonymous]

The MSMC lottery results are in the mail. My child did not get a slot. Good luck to those waiting!

[Anonymous]

uh oh

[Anonymous]

how many threads do we need on this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how many threads do we need on this

This is not about the test-in magnets, which all the other threads about about. This is the lottery middle school magnet consortium (parkland, loiederman, and argyle). Different schools, progams, and process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how many threads do we need on this

Educate yourself.

Two completely different programs. The MSMC is a pure lottery.

[Anonymous]

Ugh - not accepted into Parkland. We have a perfectly good home middle school, but my DD REALLY wanted to go to Parkland.

[Anonymous]

No spot at any lottery school for my DC. (Also rejected from application magnets.) Local school MS sucks. Although we really like our house, we will likely move this summer to a better school zone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No spot at any lottery school for my DC. (Also rejected from application magnets.) Local school MS sucks. Although we really like our house, we will likely move this summer to a better school zone.

Can I ask what your sources are on the local middle school sucking? Is it what your neighbors say? Personal experience with an older child? Based on test scores or other rankings? I'm just curious what causes someone to think their home MCPS middle school is so bad they would move out of a house they like to avoid it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No spot at any lottery school for my DC. (Also rejected from application magnets.) Local school MS sucks. Although we really like our house, we will likely move this summer to a better school zone.

Can I ask what your sources are on the local middle school sucking? Is it what your neighbors say? Personal experience with an older child? Based on test scores or other rankings? I'm just curious what causes someone to think their home MCPS middle school is so bad they would move out of a house they like to avoid it.

Neighbors say avoid it; if we'd known anything about MoCo schools before we moved to this area, we'd have picked somewhere else originally, but we didn't have kids then and our real estate agent was not as familiar with the area as he should have been. Teachers from home ES say gifted kids should avoid it. CES teachers say avoid it. Even the MS school staff admitted last night that they'll "try" to reach the level for gifted kids, but they were rather apologetic. Counselor at MS also said they rarely have students accepted into STEM magnet programs for high school. Current 6th graders in "magnet-level" math and world history are bored to tears and say they're not doing anything more than the regular classes. Former CES students say they were studying more challenging material in 4th grade CES than in 6th grade. Test scores at that school way, way lower than DC's scores. School consistently ranked among the bottom of the county MS lists for proficiency in reading and math. The open house had a strong focus on special education and remedial resources, but said almost nothing about classes for advanced students, other than they offer the "magnet" math and social studies classes and they'll "try" to have a good reading group in the homogenized English classes (while deliberately pairing more advanced students with struggling students to have the advanced students use their class time bringing up the struggling students).

We don't WANT to move, and we'll definitely take a hit financially, as our house isn't even worth what it was when we bought it in 2005, and we have a great mortgage rate because of refinancing at a good time. However, we're willing to make the sacrifice. We'll have to deal with the same mess for the younger kid in a few years, anyway, and they're too far apart in age for a COSA. The only other option is for my husband and I to separate and the kids to go live in an apartment with their dad somewhere better during the week.

[Anonymous]

My child got into Loiderman. Not sure if he will take the spot or go to his home school instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child got into Loiderman. Not sure if he will take the spot or go to his home school instead.

Out of curiousity, did the results come in a perforated envelope or real envelope?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child got into Loiderman. Not sure if he will take the spot or go to his home school instead.

Out of curiousity, did the results come in a perforated envelope or real envelope?

Perforated

[Anonymous]

DC was assigned to Parkland Aerospace program through the lottery but also accepted at Clemente Math/Science program. We will likely being declining the Parkland spot even though it sounds like a great program.

[Anonymous]

Today is the deadline for accepting or declining a spot in the msmc schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No spot at any lottery school for my DC. (Also rejected from application magnets.) Local school MS sucks. Although we really like our house, we will likely move this summer to a better school zone.

Can I ask what your sources are on the local middle school sucking? Is it what your neighbors say? Personal experience with an older child? Based on test scores or other rankings? I'm just curious what causes someone to think their home MCPS middle school is so bad they would move out of a house they like to avoid it.

Neighbors say avoid it; if we'd known anything about MoCo schools before we moved to this area, we'd have picked somewhere else originally, but we didn't have kids then and our real estate agent was not as familiar with the area as he should have been. Teachers from home ES say gifted kids should avoid it. CES teachers say avoid it. Even the MS school staff admitted last night that they'll "try" to reach the level for gifted kids, but they were rather apologetic. Counselor at MS also said they rarely have students accepted into STEM magnet programs for high school. Current 6th graders in "magnet-level" math and world history are bored to tears and say they're not doing anything more than the regular classes. Former CES students say they were studying more challenging material in 4th grade CES than in 6th grade. Test scores at that school way, way lower than DC's scores. School consistently ranked among the bottom of the county MS lists for proficiency in reading and math. The open house had a strong focus on special education and remedial resources, but said almost nothing about classes for advanced students, other than they offer the "magnet" math and social studies classes and they'll "try" to have a good reading group in the homogenized English classes (while deliberately pairing more advanced students with struggling students to have the advanced students use their class time bringing up the struggling students).

We don't WANT to move, and we'll definitely take a hit financially, as our house isn't even worth what it was when we bought it in 2005, and we have a great mortgage rate because of refinancing at a good time. However, we're willing to make the sacrifice. We'll have to deal with the same mess for the younger kid in a few years, anyway, and they're too far apart in age for a COSA. The only other option is for my husband and I to separate and the kids to go live in an apartment with their dad somewhere better during the week.

What areas are you looking at and what is your price range?