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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I agree with every word in this post.

We have two kids in magnets, and were overly invested in our kids getting into a MS magnet in particular, because of our abysmal home middle school.  From all reports, highly-able kids at that MS are bored, miserable, unchallenged, and without access to any enriched or more challenging material.

I am relieved that my kids keep making it into magnets, but angry that we must be so invested in that process because of our local school situation.  It is not right.  It is not acceptable that so many kids are (essentially) told, "tough luck."
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