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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school is doing: Nada. Bupkis. Given the joke that 6th grade "enrichment" for the highly able group was, did we expect any differently? This was pure lip service. They know parents invested in their highly able kids' education will continue to enrich, which of course we will. But screw MCPS. I am sorry I paid a premium to be in a so-called "great" school system. Enormous classes, virtually no homework, little to no challenge. What a disappointment.[/quote]

I kinda feel sorry for you. But I also kinda don’t. If you are enriching at home it doesn’t seem fair to fault the school for your child being unchallenged. This isn’t a problem unique to MCPS. The vast majority of kids across the country are not challenged at school when they receive extra curricular enrichment. MCPS is still one of the stronger public school districts. But it is still a public school. Paying a premium was your mistake. The truth is a great public school experience is teacher dependent and has very little to do with “a great school system”. Your odd of receiving appropriate challenge go up when you enter the private system. This whole magnet and AAP hoopla has always been lip service. So nothing much has actually changed. The only difference is your dd wasn’t invited. [/quote]

You seem to have reversed cause and effect.

How many families do you know, where the kids get into the magnet program but the parents still complain about kids being unchallenged and needing enrichment outside school?

When my kids got into the magnet programs, they were really happy in the programs, and they never had any time for extra enrichment at home. It was the same with their friends too. The point is, if the kids are being challenged appropriately in school, it removes the need to enrich academically at home.

(Also, I feel sorry for your kid - I hope your kid never tells you she is bored in school, etc. According to your logic, you can not provide extra enrichment as that would cause her to be even less challenged in school, right?) 
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My child gets enrichment and I do not complain when she’s years ahead of school. Because she’s in public school. [/quote]

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