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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The programs used to look for kids who were true outliers.  Now we seem to think that the top 25% are outliers and need special programs.  If we want to have a program for the top 25% in can be in every school.  No need for any lottery based magnet.  It is compact math + a high reading group + enrichment.[/quote]

Yep, these programs as we knew them are no more...

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I know right? We cannot game the system anymore.
Oh well, time to move to VA[/quote]

May be the games just started at MCPS lowering the standards for all[/quote]

Or maybe the county is tired of the enormous investment of time, money, and resources dedicated to programs that are demanded by and largely for wealthy whites people. Maybe they are interested in simplifying the process to A) root out bias in selection for these programs and B) expand by a tiny bit the group from which students are pulled into the magnet.

You want your kid to be in an “elite” environment where only the top 1% get in - apply to Sidwell or Maret. Stop using the public schools as a means to suck resources out for a tiny percentage of the population who already tend to be privileged children.  As a tax payer I’m happy to see the magnet lottery and glad to see some equity brought to the equation of these programs.  [/quote]

You seriously think that private school is the only option?  Nope.  Guess again.  If my family ever gets rezoned, I'll move to the school I want my kids to attend.  Why?  Because that's how I ended up where I'm currently living - choosing the house based upon the school (which is why I suspect the board may be taking profits on their decisions, but that's a different thread).  If mcps can't fix themselves, I'll pay out-of-pocket for kids individual tutors, no matter how much it drains their college fund or my retirement.  Why?  Because I know the more mcps screws up, the more competitive my child will be in future college admissions.

Personally, my hope is that parents vote out the current board and get in a board in that wants to make the school program serve public needs as well as be globally competitive.  I would rather have the school help other families succeed and provide individualized supports.  But if scorched earth is the only way mcps rolls and other parents aren't smart enough to see that and vote them out, then so be it.[/quote]

Right. So you hate MCPS and have the money to pay to get into any school you want and you don’t care about the Magnet because you can go to any school but you do care about the Magnet because you do … And you’ll go broke with tutors of you need to and that makes your child more competitive but you’re going to vote for people who only want the best and brightest to get enrichment but you also want “other families to succeed.”

Got it. Makes complete sense.

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