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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ George B Thomas is NOT a MCPS program. It's an independent program. [/quote]

True.  But MCPS can then fund these students to go there. I mean what is $40 per person compared to the thousands of dollars the parents of ORM (Over-Represented Minorities) students shell out for Dr. Li?

[b]Lets use the existing resources first and bridge the achievement gap in the regular classrooms. [/b]

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This is an argument for getting rid of the application magnets altogether. Let's use the resources in the regular classrooms!

Also I don't understand your point. Some private people have and are willing to spend $1,000s per person on test prep classes, therefore the public school system should spend $40 per person on Saturday school? That doesn't follow.[/quote]

It also makes no sense that the public school system should have special programs to provide enrichment to the students whose parents have already spent thousands prepping them for the admissions test to the very program.  Don't make the argument that MCPS should spend more to keep up with what the haves already do privately.  Because the simpler solution to that would be take away the magnets that only the wealthy can afford to prep for and let those families find private schools or settle for their home schools.[/quote]

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