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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all really disheartening to hear as the parent of an incoming 6th grader who thrived in ELC but didn't draw a spot at Eastern despite being in the pool.  He's assigned to HIGH for 6th grade, which I've heard is decent. He reads independently for fun and at a high level, but there's no real substitution for being taught to analyze text.

Are there better ELA options in high school? I'm a bit concerned that not getting a magnet spot now means my kid will be at a big disadvantage then, because peers who did attend Eastern will be miles ahead.

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At least your kid got CES. My kid was stuck in a school that didn’t even have ELC and just did Benchmark for the last 2 years. Sat in the CES waitlist for both heads, and now is on the Eastern/Takoma waitlists and at this point I am sure spots will not pop up.

This is an example of why MCOS needs to change the model for GT education. They should be creating classes within each school to address needs rather than sending kids away to a center/magnet. [/quote]

Easter probably will. They are having trouble filling spots.[/quote]

Even if that’s the case, it’s still very unlikely to get a spot given the number of people in the pool. [/quote]

Everyone I know in the pool has already been offered a spot. That’s dozens of people who have told me they got an offer. My kid got offered in May. His best friend was offered a couple of weeks after the original offers went out. It seems they must have almost gone through the entire pool at this point.[/quote]

My kid has not been offered a spot and we know many, many other people in the same boat. [/quote]

I am really skeptical that "dozens" of people have told you they got an offer or if they did they might not have been telling the truth. A lot of kids were telling others they got into the magnets but when the open house came they weren't on the list at the open house and did not attend.[/quote]

It’s not the kids but the parents. Several of whom are close friends I’ve known for a decade or more and each has mentioned at different times that they’ve been offered from the waitlist and are trying to decide what to do. As did we. I’d guess that the people you know “in the same boat” haven’t been offered because they lied about being in the pool.[/quote]

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