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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my child is a fifth grader and has thrived.  my older DD went to a different center program before we moved and this school is overall better run but universally the CES curriculum and teachers at both schools have been excellent.  no complaints.  she was accepted before the lottery system, so I can't speak to how fourth grade is going.  but the fourth grade teachers are amazing, so that is what is most important[/quote]

Would be more interested in hearing how the 4th grade is changed since it went from 99%+ to 85%+ kids[/quote]

For the CES lottery last year it was 75th+ locally-normed percentile. (For the middle-school magnets it was 85th+ locally-normed percentile.) I think you are right to wonder, as thst means there is a wider range of abilities in the class, making it harder on the teacher no matter how talented he or she is.[/quote]

What's the point of putting 2% of all kids in a program selected from the top 25%. Kids that actually need enrichment, by and large, won't get it.  Is there any benefit to this? Is this just their way to shutdown the magnets?[/quote]

Agree with this. They seem to be moving in the direction of getting rid of CES and having all acceleration happen in the home school—which may frankly be better than what they offer now, as many gifted kids are not getting into CES while non-gifted kids are, given the lottery. [/quote]

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