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NP, here.  I also have a DC in a magnet program (not RM) but she has two friends at RM in 11th grade.  One has expressed frustration at the fairness of letting non-magnet students join the program junior year.  And I can understand that from the applicant's perspective.  But she also said the regular students who join are highly motivated and capable and in no way change the character of the classes.  I don't think the PP's comment is snide, it gets at the crux of the issue.  It isn't fair that there's a back door to the program, but it is just.  Surely the students who entered in 9th grade receive something in those two years that reward their effort and it would be wrong if local students who've also worked hard are locked out of the advanced classes at their own school.  As a parent I'd like to believe I have a broader perspective than a HS student.  I'll praise the student who gets into the magnet but I don't want anyone's fate sealed in 8th grade.  And this isn't the last time our kids will see this, plenty of students don't step up until college or grad school and that doesn't say anything about their worth.

Anyway, what do you hope to accomplish with this anonymous screed a couple days before the open house?  [b]Hopefully DCUM posts don't really sway anyone, but if they do, the likely outcome is you just scare off some desirable out-of-boundary applicants leaving more room for local kids to go in the front door.  
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This. If I didn't already know that DCUM is -- at best!! -- a fun-house-mirror reflection of reality, and my kid were thinking of applying, and I were reading this thread, I might say, "Oh my goodness, no, don't apply to that program, the parents are completely wack." [/quote]

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