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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay here's a compromise idea.  What about getting on board with the regional plan, but also advocating for a small set-aside of a certain number of seats per year (25? 40? not sure the number needed) at a couple of the key regional magnets like Blair and RMIB for out-of-bounds kids who have extremely high qualifications/are profoundly gifted?

That way more kids could get into magnets overall and have them closer to their homes, the very brightest kids would still have a cohort of similar kids concentrated in one place to be able to take very high level courses (probably not 100% of the ones they get now, but many of them), and rather than having to sell MCPS on the extra cost of keeping all the countywide programs *and* adding 6 new regional programs, a few schools would essentially have a hybrid regional/countywide program which would make it more affordable. [/quote]

Or, how about beefing up the course offerings at all schools so kids have access to the classes they need?  That way for kids who want magnets, great, they have that option, but for kids who prefer their home schools, for other reasons, can stay and get their needs met as well.  It could easily be done virtually.  Oh wait... they got rid of the virtual program as they truely don't care about student needs.[/quote]

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