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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The programs are awesome because they do not include every kid whose mom thinks they are gifted.  Faifax has a  program which includes about 20% of the kids and people complain it is pretty watered down.  Can't have it both ways.[/quote]

So open up the magnet programs for the top 5 percent of kids...it seems like the enriched studies and MS and HS programs rejects plenty of 98 and even 99 percentile kids.  [/quote]

Because they are for 1% kids. Not for 5%. Not enough funding and space for those while there are lost of bottom %20 kids to bring up. [/quote]

So how come Fairfax can do it for 20%.

Because they don’t spend a ton of the school budget on overhead on tests, policies, applications, paying people to read applications,  etc...  They also don’t bus the kids all over their gigantic county like we do. Another huge waste of money and normalcy.

Only MCPS knkws how to waste money AND not give enough programs to kids that need enrichment.

We all know the top 1%, 5% or 15% are all spoon fed tutors and testing from tiger mommies day 1. Why give them a platform to go crazy competing for these few spots.  They will STILL “enrich” them a5 home whether the material is watered down or not.

Let the teachers pick like Fairfax does. My school did the same thing. Used standardized testing scores, grades, and teacher references.  [/quote]

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