Tell me about TPMS Magnet

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Anonymous wrote:Not the pp, but I think there is some sense for the old application system: you only get considered after you apply, and only people who can handle the logistics apply. I understand MCPS tries its best to encourage potential capable students, but if there's no will, there's no way.

It'd be more efficient and likely would require far less county resources to finalize each starting class at the selective MS magnets, but the whole purpose of the new system was to cast a broad net and identify students who could benefit from the program (however the county makes that determination) who might not (for whatever reason) have considered applying under the old system. That approach has to accept that some number of students who are selected won't attend because any number of reasons (otherwise, if the county didn't anticipate that, they are fools). But the county clearly is hoping that the net result is the type of class makeup more in line with the county's goals. I suspect that the county's further hope is that once selected students, who otherwise may never have considered a magnet MS, better understand the program through things like the open houses and just finding out more because they now have the option, they do develop that "will." And I'm fine with that. I'm also fine if people decide it is not worth it and decline. But to suggest that they don't prioritize education if they do decline is utterly ridiculous.

I don't believe PP I was responding to was suggesting that people who declined for reasons such as logistics don't prioritize education. Other posts did, but not this one. I also read the post as saying only that the county was trying to find capable students who were not applying under the old process, not that those students were somehow less because they were only "potentially capable".

Again, I said "potential capable student", and that has completely different meaning than "potentially capable student", which I explained two posts above. You skewed your interpretation and got dramatic. Hope your DC can learn a better grammar from MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Not the pp, but I think there is some sense for the old application system: you only get considered after you apply, and only people who can handle the logistics apply. I understand MCPS tries its best to encourage potential capable students, but if there's no will, there's no way.

It'd be more efficient and likely would require far less county resources to finalize each starting class at the selective MS magnets, but the whole purpose of the new system was to cast a broad net and identify students who could benefit from the program (however the county makes that determination) who might not (for whatever reason) have considered applying under the old system. That approach has to accept that some number of students who are selected won't attend because any number of reasons (otherwise, if the county didn't anticipate that, they are fools). But the county clearly is hoping that the net result is the type of class makeup more in line with the county's goals. I suspect that the county's further hope is that once selected students, who otherwise may never have considered a magnet MS, better understand the program through things like the open houses and just finding out more because they now have the option, they do develop that "will." And I'm fine with that. I'm also fine if people decide it is not worth it and decline. But to suggest that they don't prioritize education if they do decline is utterly ridiculous.

I don't believe PP I was responding to was suggesting that people who declined for reasons such as logistics don't prioritize education. Other posts did, but not this one. I also read the post as saying only that the county was trying to find capable students who were not applying under the old process, not that those students were somehow less because they were only "potentially capable".

Again, I said "potential capable student", and that has completely different meaning than "potentially capable student", which I explained two posts above. You skewed your interpretation and got dramatic. Hope your DC can learn a better grammar from MCPS.

Calm down - that poster was supporting your point.

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The magnet parents are honestly the most self absorbed and ridiculous people on all of these boards. Worse than the Trumpsters.

Completely clueless that it is a system gamed for not the smartest, but those families well off.

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Anonymous wrote:The magnet parents are honestly the most self absorbed and ridiculous people on all of these boards. Worse than the Trumpsters.

Completely clueless that it is a system gamed for not the smartest, but those families well off.

Were you at the magnet meeting? This could not be further from the truth.

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I get that it favors the financially ok and well-off. But at the point of deciding if my DC should accept one of the magnet spots, what can I do? I’m not going to decline out of principle.

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Anonymous wrote:I get that it favors the financially ok and well-off. But at the point of deciding if my DC should accept one of the magnet spots, what can I do? I’m not going to decline out of principle.

Take the spot, let them give the school a try and if they are not happy, transfer back to the home school.

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Anonymous wrote:How does the social stuff work if everybody is taking long bus rides to school? How do the kids get together to socialize outside of school? It seems like a lot of kids would just be too geographically spread out. How does it work?

Social on the bus.

From where we live in Chevy Chase TPMS is about a 15-20 minute drive which I wouldn't classify as especially long.

Well, aren't you special? From where we live in Rockville, it's 50 minutes and I'd call it long.

That's not that long but you can always drive your child.

Some people have jobs.

Funny thing, most of us who don't get bus service find a way to drive our kids.

Who does not get bus service to TPMS?

To Takoma, we only get bus service from the local elementary school which is not walkable and we have to drive. To the other magnets, no bus service. To our local elementary school, no bus service.

You do not get a bus to your local school? Then it should be walkable. Having to drive a few minutes to catch a magnet bus does not mean there is no bus service. My DD closest magnet stop is 1.2 miles away. We do drive her but I would never say there is no bus service. When it is necessary she can walk....like a 1/2 day or if a parent is traveling.

No, its about 1.5 miles and a good chunk of it doesn't have sidewalks. I don't consider that walkable for an 11 year old. We will be driving ours to another magnet daily.