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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps they should modify the criteria and make it so that 80 percent of the spots are reserved for kids with 95 percent plus and 20 percent of the spots are reserved for 85-95.[/quote]

Thant sounds good! If we can think of these ideas, why can’t a team of professionals from mcps who did this on a daily basis think of something like this![/quote]

We don't even need to get this fancy. I have a proposal that would solve 99% of the problems AND would be cost-effective AND wouldn't require extensive working groups and study.

MCPS could just.....do what they said they were going to do four years ago.

They could roll out AIM, HIGH, and Advanced English to every MS in the county and reserve those classes for kids who meet the 85th percentile cut-off. Cohort those kids, and let them learn with one another and with trained teachers in schools that have enough "highly capable" students to form a cohort.

Reserve the regional magnets for absolute outliers + kids who wouldn't have a cohort in their home schools.

Done and dusted, right? That's what MCPS promised when this year's 9th graders were entering 6th grade. They promised AIM and HIGH for all kids who were qualified for the magnet, and they promised cohorts. Then, they left implementation up to individual principals, so it didn't happen. [/quote]

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