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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have seen  HGC kids really taking it hard when they don't get into the magnet MS.  Very hard when most other kids get in and now you have to go back to regular middle kids without the friends you made over the last two years.
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Anecdotally, it was not my impression this year that "most" of the kids in the elementary HGC got into the middle-school HGC. Maybe half did, which means that half didn't.[/quote]
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[b]A HUGE chunk of HGC kids do not apply to the magnet MS, because of the commute.[/b]  For some kids the commute to the magnet MS and magnet HS, eats away 2 hours or more of their time  everyday.  They are foregoing sleep, socializing and extra-curricular activities for this privilege.

So, if you assume that in school with 100 HGC kids,  50% of HGC kids apply and 60% of those get in, -  it results in 30 / 100 HGC kids getting into Magnet MS.  The kids who have not applied to Magnet MS will not feel bad for not getting in...[/quote]

There are 26 kids in my kid's HGC class. As far as I know, 25 kids applied.[/quote]

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