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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. To be clear we are currently already doing the magnet. We’d be leaving for 7th and 8th. We know what the magnet is like. It’s fine but not the end all be all we thought it could have been. That said we’ve only been there for the pandemic so maybe it would be different in person. I imagine our kid would be in accelerated math if we departed so that seems locked in.

Does that change anything? Child would be moving to a new home school with new kids. [/quote]

I have a 6th grader at TPMS. I don’t know if it’s fair to judge the magnet program based on this year of distance learning.  That said, if my kid was miserable, I’d let them switch to the home school, as ling as it seemed like an issue that would be better at the home school.  [/quote]

Another TPMS sixth grade magnet parent here. My kids magnet experience is so much better than their elementary experience that I wouldn’t consider switching under any circumstance. The school is organized and efficiently run with strong leadership. The teachers - magnet or not - are without exception excellent, strong academically and they clearly care about their kids. And the kids are engaged and friendly to one another, even on Zoom.  Obviously your child might be having a different experience, but I’d be concerned about going back to a situation like my child’s elementary experience where the kids are disruptive and mean and the teachers overwhelmed and inexperienced and where classroom disruptions rather than learning dominate.[/quote]

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