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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the major complaint here? That you got magnet programming [i]in your home middle school[/i] because there were so many prepared kids for it? How is it possible that you are upset by this? The county has basically told you that, yeah, there are a ton of bright kids in your school who can do the magnet curriculum so we are [i]bringing it to you[/i]. They have expanded the magnet program to accommodate large cohorts! And all this wailing is that oooh, it isn’t the same because we wanted to bus our kids to a special school to access this programming?

Seriously, this is how the rest of us read this. Would that we all had this problem. [/quote]
No, they are not bringing the whole curriculum to the other schools, one maybe two classes, and I doubt the curriculum will be the exact same.[/quote]

So demand more classes to fill the need. But don’t wring your hands about it being end of days because everyone just got more but you didn’t get the most.[/quote]
bit of a hyperbole.  Those parents whose kids didn't get in aren't jumping the MCPS ship.  But why is it fine that other kids who are able get "more" of those classes but the rest who are equally able don't?  Unless of course MCPS is trying social engineer education.[/quote]

Because now [b]more eligible kids overall have access to magnet programming. And that elevates the entire MCPS ship.[/b] No doubt, it is not perfect. But the cohort schools have a lot of talented kids studying together, which is something I would LOVE for my kids. If you have not lived without that, don’t dismiss how important it is, no matter what the curriculum. But keeping pressure on MCPS to give all eligible kids great programming and curriculum is perfectly understandable. Threats of lawsuits and accusations devious racism because they are trying to spread the wealth of this programming for more kids creates an us vs. them mentality that is simply destructive instead of making anything better. As is the ugly assumption that “other” kids cannot possibly be as generally qualified or successful.[/quote]

Agree PP.  [/quote]
More access = fine.  But, without MCPS releasing the median test scores of accepted kids (like they used to do), it's hard to believe that all of a sudden so many kids on the western side scored lower than those on the eastern side.[/quote]

You are willfully ignoring that the kids on the western side [i]got their own, in-house programming[/i]. No one is saying that they scored lower, are they? They are getting put into a special program. Just that it is a new way to make sure more eligible kids have access to both programming and cohorts. The work now is to assess and then, if necessary, improve your pilot in-house program, which I am sure the families of those kids will ensure.  :wink: [/quote]

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