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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD in 5th grade said that letter was given to two minority students in her class encouraging them to apply to HGC Middle School. DD said these were the only students in the class given letters. The two students were not top students---and before I hear the moans--DD has been in class with kids since K. The kid are not in high reading groups, not in Compacted Math and very clearly not in the top caliber academically in the class. Kids know the smart kids in their class by 5th grade. Now to add to the mix, DD and several other students were given letter by home middle school inviting them to check out classes and basically encouraging them to go to home middle school. I find this offensive. DD not sure if she wants to apply to magnet even before letter but even less so now that other were asked to apply and she wasn't picked. Does this happen at every school?[/quote]

Minority students are underrepresented in applications to HGC.  White students are overrepresented in applications to HGC.  The school sent letters asking minority parents to consider applying to the HGC and asking white parents to consider attending the home middle school. That's not offensive. That is the school district making sure that all parents are considering all options. They're not telling you to what to do. They're just asking you to consider all of the options.

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