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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.  [b]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? [/b] Unless of course MCPS is trying social engineer education.[/quote]

But this same statement could have been made by a parent of one of the kids in a school in the eastern part of the county.   Bottom line -- there are not enough spots for every kid who is able.  So should all the able kids come from the western part of the county?  How is that fair?  Frankly this is no win for MCPS no matter what they do.[/quote]
?  If a student in the eastern side [b]met the cutoff[/b], why wouldn't that child get into magnet before this change was made?  Not all of the kids came from western part of the county. Just more. Why? Because they scored higher.[/quote]

I wasn't aware there was a cutoff.  [/quote]
There used to be.  [/quote]

so admissions was based solely on a test score?[/quote]

oh my god, people. read the FAQs on this on the MCPS website. they explain the process.

the new admissions process is based on a number of factors, including scores on the magnet admission test, grades, whether you're considered to have a peer cohort at your school (aka how many kids at your school have similarly above-grade-level qualifications), etc.

the reason people are saying people used to be able to work the system is because the criteria used to hinge heavily on parents/teacher recommendations, so parents could push for their kid to be considered and take the test. there was an audit done of the program, which revealed that a huge percentage of the magnet kids were Asian and white. the county responded to that audit by screening many more kids, in an effort to identify all the kids who were qualified to do magnet-level work.

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Yes we are all aware of the new criteria but I was challenging someone who indicated that the kids in the lower SES schools were somehow not as talented because they hadn't made the "cut off" before this change in admissions criteria.  I was trying to point out that basing the decision on ONE SCORE is ludicrous.    [/quote]
If the test scores aren't as high as others who didn't get in, including MAP, PARCC, then they wouldn't have met the cutoff.

And if they do score as high, then why doesn't MCPS publish the median test scores of the accepted students? Why hide it?[/quote]

Because admission is based on more than just test score apparently -- which honestly I think it should be.  I would assume you disagree.[/quote]

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