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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is something that might be of interest to those who are thinking about trying for Takoma Park Middle Magnet Program.
Not everyone is aware of the fact that kids living within the boundaries have greater chance to get to the program and many
plan ahead.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/779576.page[/quote]

You'd probably have to start panning REALLY early, like at least for being tested in kindergarten as a local TPES student.  Most of the incoming PBES students went to the local PBES-only CES (this is the first 5th grade class coming out from the local-only CES field test), and most of those first were in the TPES local magnet (about half of the first graders) (TPES is the lower elementary that feeds to PBES as the upper elementary).  Savvy people who saw this coming after the cohort thing started last year probably moved their kindergartners or younger to TPES already, but there would have been no way for the current 5th graders to move to a different CES at PBES in time to be considered for the local TPMS spots.

When my 5th grader was applying for what was then the HGC, they started a couple of local CES classes.  PBES wasn't even mentioned in the info sessions as being a local field test in the fall, although some rumors appeared on DCUM after the testing, but before the results were mailed out.  2016-2017 was also the first year that all 3rd graders were screened without an application process, but each ES was able to help identify their "outliers."  At the time of applications, PBES was still considered part of the Pine Crest/Oak View group (as ESS in the TPMS zone still is).  It was only well after testing that they finally announced that PBES would definitely be having their own one-class local program, [b]with the expectation that most, if not all, would be offered the local spots at TPMS.[/B]

So, if you have a bright kindergartener, move to the TPES area.  If you have a 1st grader, move and see if you can get into the TPES magnet late.  If you have a 2nd grader, get into PBES now.  If you have a 3rd grader, move now before magnet results come out and inform the school that you would like to be considered for the local program (it may be too late).  If you have a 4th grader, you're probably screwed and you'd be stuck in GenPop, although you may be able to be placed in a math class with the CES kids.  If you have a 5th grader and you're moving in, even if your child has scores higher than PBES students, you're probably too late, although students coming in from out of MoCo are invited to take the CogAT and be screened in the late summer (one current magnet 6th grader's mother, who spoke at the TPMS program last night, said they moved in from NM this summer and he was given a seat).[/quote]

Nonsense.  No such expectation exists.[/quote]

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