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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, did MCPS share these MAP scores or did you personally ask everyone you know at TPMS?

Don't be so insecure. People on this board do not think your particular child is unworthy. There have always been far fewer spots than deserving children. Not to mention the program has never truly been about serving the smartest children. It was created to keep white students in the eastern downcounty schools. The selection process is now being revised so the program can be a tool to reduce the achievement gap.

My kids were tested 2 and 4 years ago and did not get in despite having Map-M scores that were in the high 270s. They also scored slightly higher than the median of those admitted on the entrance test (MCPS used to send the median scores on each section of the test of those admitted to the magnet). The process was not transparent then, and it is not transparent now.

There is a distinct difference between the magnet curriculum and home school curriculums. People feel like their kids could benefit from the magnet curriculum, but have no access to it despite having various test scores that label them advanced and/or gifted amongst their peers.  
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Your child was lucky and got a spot (luck has always been part of the process, not just ability). There are hundreds of additional kids who could benefit from a magnet program and have no access to it. [/b]This is why people are mad. MCPS should absolutely create more spots in the magnet programs (and create a program in the western part of downcounty).  They won't, because, it is not going to help the achievement gap, and it will increase the demographic imbalance in these programs.[/quote]

I agree with this completely!  My kid is in the CES and we know for sure that she just partially got lucky.  Lots of kids from the home ES who were just as qualified, but got Wait Listed.

Tons of kids in MoCo could benefit from a Magnet type program, but are denied access for seemingly random reasons.  It's incredibly frustrating.

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