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I'd say you're both wrong.  The PP who misunderstood you was jumping to conclusions.  But the things you throw around are completely unsubstantiated.  [b]Exponential number of qualified Asians/Whites?[/b]  What does that even mean and where's your evidence this is happening.  There was the comparison of PARCC scores to HGC admissions which showed by that measure Asians are under represented by about 3%, Blacks over represented by about the same.  But those numbers are trivial, one for one, and well within the expected given PARCC is not an entrance exam for the HGC.  I just see no evidence that scores of qualified Asians/Whites have been turned away or that any other race has been admitted in unfair numbers.

Your reading comprehension is no better, the special programs do not cost $40 per student in the program, they cost $40 per student in the county!!!  The administrative cost per student in the programs is $1,450 for each of the 880 students in the HGC and $4,750 for each of the 830 students in the MS/HS programs.  This is above and beyond what it already costs to educate a child in MCPS.  Not clear how these costs would scale if the program expanded but donations won't suffice.[/quote]

But you are making the assumption that most kids cost the same amount..some kids use the school counselor..some kids use ESOL classes..some kids have PYP or MYP programs in their schools..some kids take compact math..some kids use special keyboards/equipment...after school at risk programs..sports...on and on.[/quote]

Yes, that's how averages work, mathematically. I'm not the PP you're responding to.[/quote]

Yep.  I'm the PP, it's a simple concept take the budget of MCPS and divide by the number of students, that's the average cost per student.  Take the admin budget for the HGCs divide by number of HGC students, that's the average added overhead for each HGC student.  If the HGCs and magnets went away, take that budget divide by all MCPS students, $40 more for everyone.  Double the size of the magnets and ask every student in MCPS to give up $40.  If you want to buy your child a slot in a magnet program, why don't you just check out privates?[/quote]

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