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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Making systemic changes is often, unfortunately, messy.  But perhaps this is the way it has to be.  MCPS is a large entity dealing with many challenges.  This attempt to try to better meet the needs of the many advanced students in the county seems to me a significant first step.  Reminder that prior to this, if student did not get into magnet, that was it.  They were on their own.  At least now there is acknowledgement from MCPS that more needs to be done at the local MS level.  That to me is progress.  Understandable most will feel it is not enough and I agree it is enough.  But at least now there is an opening for parents to advocate with MCPS now that they have acknowledged the need is there. Just need to keep working with and pushing the system to keep the momentum.     [/quote]

I wholeheartedly agree. While there are clearly issues with planning for this (I think they should have had the curriculum for home schools ready to go before they rolled this out, so teachers would have more time to train for it), I completely agree with the logic behind their decisions. The peer cohort logic is very good policy. It's ideal, I think, for kids to be with their neighborhood peers; it helps cultivate neighborhood cohesion. If a kid doesn't have academic peers at his/her school, then a regional magnet program can be a last resort for that kid.

Point being, MCPS is moving in the right direction, and it's up to us to push for them to implement this properly. If it's done properly, I think it will result in good things for everyone. [/quote]
If it were the *exact* same curriculum, then I would agree. But I'm thinking that it won't be the same because they are "developing" it. If they were going to offer the same curriculum to the other MS why not just have those teachers train on the existing curriculum instead of developing a new one (though it may be based on the existing one)?  Why reinvent the wheel?[/quote]

PP here. I don't know. It's definitely weird. I think that's a question we have to ask MCPS. If these kids are testing at levels equivalent to kids who got into the magnet programs, then presumably they can handle the magnet curriculum. Doesn't make sense to invent a new class. [/quote]

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