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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The Thursday meeting is about GT education.  That is the kids that get selected for magnets and stuff--even if they don't accept it.[/b]

09:32 is trying to sneak in a discussion about [b]kids in the regular classroom [/b]claiming it is the "real GT."

[b]I don't think it is the real GT.[/b]  It may be a real issue but it isn't "real GT."  Is 09:32 trying to get MCPS to accept that anyone who does not get selected for GT programs outside the schools if gifted?  [/quote]

There are lots and lots of kids who apply to magnets who are not accepted and many, many of those who are not accepted are highly-able and qualified to perform at the magnet level.  The TPMS magnet accepts 125 kids (25 slots reserved for in-boundary students).  This year, 800+ applied.  Do you really think that ALL of those not accepted are not qualified?  How about those who tested, on the entrance exam, one point below the cutoff?  How about kids from a given school, from which there were too many applicants (TPMS has said publicly that they don't want to take too many applicants from one school)?  How about HGC kids who don't quite make it (ditto, they don't take too many HGC kids)?

The point is, in the regular classroom, especially in the eastern part of MoCo, there are lots of highly-able kids who NEED differentiation, who NEED the challenge of enriched instruction.  They need that as much as low-performing students need extra help - and under state law, they are entitled to it.[/quote]

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