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Kids who are in the top 3% or so cannot be accommodated at the home school.  That is the point of the HGC - to provide instruction not available at the home school.  There is just no way to provide the kind of instruction the HGC provides in a regular-classroom environment, and no home school has enough of these kids to create a separate classroom.

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I completely disagree with you.  It is possible to accommodate children who need it. [b] And 3% is an arbitrary number[/b].[/quote]

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Completely agree. My kids are in HGC, Magnet MS and Magnet HS.  They are smart kids and they work hard,  and they are not the top 3% in brainpower!  How does getting into these programs automatically translate to more gray cells?

3% is really an arbitrary number.  I would guess that at least 25% of MCPS kids can do as well in a HGC environment (cause curriculum is the same) as those who made it through.

If the HGC can take only 3% then they need to -  1) Add more space in HGC centers  and  2) Open more HGC centers.

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