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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree. They should have more.

-parent of former RMIB student[/quote]

Why should there be more of them?  Most districts in the county don’t have as many special and magnet programs. Folks here complain about cost, not focusing on the basics, bussing, etc etc.  Getting rid of these extra programs would allow more teachers to focus on “the basics” and lower the cost of transportation because kids wouldn’t be going to programs all across the county.

Howard and Frederick county don’t have all these specialized and magnet programs but are supposedly great school districts.  Why should MCPS keep this up?[/quote]
MCPS is a lot bigger than either of those districts.    There are a lot of educated parents around here with high achieving students, but also a lot of low income students who not only can't perform at grade level but whose parents don't speak English, and a ton of kids in between.

There is no way to have high standards for all without causing even more students to not be able to achieve at grade level. HoCo can do have high standards because they have lower FARMS population compared to MCPS.

Taking away magnet programs hurts the high achieving students.   We moved here specifically for the magnets because the wealthy school district we moved from lacked the population size to have gifted programs; it was a tiny school district, and the state kept cutting school funding (CA). Despite being wealthy, there weren't that many gifted students.

Very glad that MCPS  has magnet programs.  I have a lot of criticism for MCPS, but the special programs isn't one of them.  Rather, I think they should have more so even more kids who can and want to can have the opportunity to be in those special programs.[/quote]

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