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[quote=Anonymous]My kid had the best of both worlds: our home ES has it’s own local CES, so dd didn’t have to switch schools. For her, the value of the CES was in cool group projects, class discussions, and advanced reading materials. While distance learning is going on, I seriously doubt CES students are getting those perks. Of course, we’re all hoping that next year won’t involve distance learning, and certainly not the year after.

DD is now a 6th grader in a MS humanities magnet. She’s not doing particularly interesting or advanced work during distance learning. Before the schools closed, she felt that the magnet was not interesting enough or challenging enough to justify the commute. She also didn’t think her magnet classmates seemed any smarter or more advanced than her classmates from her local CES. She has complained numerous times that I told her the CES would be challenging and then it wasn’t, that I told her the MS magnet would be more challenging and it isn’t. She says there’s no way she’d consider a HS magnet, and she’s glad she didn’t have the commute for her CES. As a parent, I’m glad she got to be in the CES because she was much less frustrated by the pace in 4th grade than she had been in 3rd, when she was miserable. I still think she’s getting some value from the humanities magnet, too. The curricula for English, History and Media are tied together. Media is every quarter for 3 years instead of a one quarter art elective, so it’s much more in-depth.

I would caution you against thinking that your dc could always switch to a magnet for 6th. There are fewer seats at the MS level and many, many more qualified kids than seats.[/quote]

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