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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op: zoned for Piney Branch. Higher probability your child will get into HGC and TPMS magnet.[/quote]

Why would there be a higher probability for the TPMS magnet?  I thought the HGC did not include math - the kids are mixed in with the rest of the school for compacted math.

There's a new HGC at PBES for PBES kids, so the PP is right - the odds are better because your kid would only be competing against other PBES kids, not against 2000 other kids in the area.[/quote]
There are 25 spaces in the TPMS magnet that are reserved for inbounds kids. I don't know if that set aside is just PBES, or if it includes ESS. I would think it would include ESS as it is in bounds for TPMS. But, I only ever hear people refer to PB when talking about it.

OP, I don't know where you are moving from, and I am sure your kid is bright. Just a heads up that there are many. many smart kids in MCPS. I have had several friends move here, and worry that there would not be sufficient acceleration or gifted peers for their kids. Most of them found that their kids were fairly typical among the high achieving kids here.[/quote]

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