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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't do it OP. So far 2.0 hasn't hit the Magnets and GT programs as bad but I would not trust that it will not change. You're starting to see much fiercer competition as parents try to escape 2.0 so its great that your DD can get in. If she is that academically advanced, you should be staying in private unless you just can't afford it anymore. MCPS is going down the drain.

We had planned to do public magnet or home school (W school) but we're saving for private HS for both kids now. [/quote]

I am not sure how much you need to worry about C2.0 quite honestly.  It has impacted the HGCs because their Math curriculum was always the same as the regular MCPS curriculum - they just had more students working one, two and three years ahead.  Now, with C2.0, they cannot do that anymore so people who were considering HGCs for their kids who are very advanced learners in Math might no longer find the HGC as attractive.  I do not believe C2.0 has impacted the core HGC curriculum.
I am not sure how C2.0 impacts middle school so I am not sure whether Eastern or Takoma Park will be impacted at all.
Last year each school had around 800 applicants for 100 spots which we were told was higher than normal.  
OP, I am not sure which school your child is in.  There are so many different kinds of private schools but I know a couple of families who have first hand experience at NCS, Sidwell and Eastern and they thought the Humanities program was better (and the peer group more impressive) than Sidwell and NCS.  I am sure Science and the electives are stronger at these schools and they are probably less 'rough' but anyone who has read "Queen Bees and WannaBes" knows these schools have their own social problems![/quote]

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