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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious if are they 100% lottery based? Do they put student info. into computer system, and selected are picked randomly from AI? I have been wondering if someone's parents are active school volunteer, teacher recommendation, kids are really struggling with boring curriculum or really gifted (>130 from some outside testing) or other such other factors may increase the chances under lottery system?[/quote]
The parent of one of the students who got selected for our CES is very involved in PTA and school volunteering. That child is definitely not top 2% and I am suspicious there was favoritism. I know CES and other magnet programs are not only for the top 2% (though they should be) but I find it interesting why that child got picked. I don’t think it is a random lottery.[/quote]

Wrong, I am heavily involved in PTA and school, my kid was waitlisted because he didn’t make the cut. There is no favoritism, central office makes the selection, the school can only inform you the decision. However, when DS were waitlisted(pre pandemic), and some of my friends kids who made it shared their stats with me, and it’s true they all scored higher on MAP and CogAt. Some kids who doesn’t seem that bright are good test takers(also good guessers because they said they yolo half of the questions.) so it’s not always what it appears to be.[/quote]

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