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[quote=Anonymous]Using round numbers:

MCPS has 146,000 students.

If you address the top 5% of kids, that's about 7000 kids who should have access to a pretty high level of acceleration.

My back of the envelope calculation shows that there are less than 1000 children currently served by magnet programs.

Even if you go with a very conservative 2%, that's still about 3000 kids -- well over the current number of magnet slots.

So either you suggest that MCPS increase magnets seven-fold (not a likely proposition) or you push for more enrichment in home schools, more differentiated classrooms, etc.

I have one kid in a magnet who has been extremely well served.  I have another kid who's been waitlisted twice.  He is bored, miserable, unchallenged, and doesn't presently have access to any enriched or more challenging material.  What do we say to him -- tough luck?

Add to this the fact that magnets are sometimes impractable for a variety of reasons ... what do you say to those kids?  Do they not have a right to an appropriate public education?[/quote]

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