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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What did you think shlepping all the way east to subject your child to an extra class to raise silver spring perception of its self via test scores. You couldn’t imagine any other way to enrich your child with those 3 hours a day that would pay greater dividends? The types of motivated students that do well in magnets do well anywhere and excelling at literally any other extra circular will pay bigger benefits in the long run not to mention local friends and free time. [/quote]

Not necessarily. Some kids need to be around peers who also care about school. My own kid can’t handle the rude, disruptive kids all day long. They feel bad for the teacher and they are upset the teacher can’t teach or move at the right pace with poorly behaved kids. There can also be a lot of bullying for kids who like school in an environment where nobody else does.[/quote]

Depends on the cohort of the school then. In better schools where there are more advanced classes than remedial I most likely agree. But in areas with an expectation of success and the resources to adhere, I personally don’t see the value in uprooting the child and dominating their time for a couple of accelerated classes. It’s not like higher SES and studious kids have a hard time getting in to college.  Those classes don’t actually do much for them where extracurriculars go much farther.

Your point is kind of the normally unspoken part for many parents, these programs (SES  magnets & immersions) are seen more a merit based escape valve for weaker areas even though they are dominated by richer inherently competitive areas as they were intended to so to import that peer group not as prevalent locally.

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