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No one is addressing the point that the county resorted to lottery because of covid (and therefore no Cogats). The point we should be addressing is when they'll get back to using Cogats. I don't think they'll do it in the spring, but they could do it starting the 2022-2023 school year.
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IProblem is there is no transparency in the process. Lottery due to COVID is what they said earlier. However, if you read the case text related to the lawsuit someone posted earlier? MCPS states that if there is cohort of 20 or more kids in homeschool, they will not consider those kids in CES program. If there are less than 20, and the homeschool cannot meet their accilerated need, then they will be placed in Regional programs. It is unclear whether MCPS even considers academic performance at par when they place the kids in regional program.

There is no plan at the moment from MCPS to get back to CoGAT even though kids are back in school in person. Also there is a problem with Virtual Academy in the mix. There are no accelerated program in VA and there is no cohort either. CoGAT is also discontinued.
It is not clear whether MCPS will consider VA students for Regional CES programs based on performance. MCPS BOE gets an F for creating all this mess. [/quote]

Around this time last year (2020) MCPS defended itself in the Asian discrimination lawsuit motion to dismiss by saying they had switched to a lottery so the specific complaint about MS magnet selection methodology, including cohort, was moot.  If you read Jude Xinis's opinion on the motion, you see that no one in MCPS I ready to either commit to the lottery, or commit to the old method.  Even to save themselves $100k in attorneys' fees.  They don't know sh*t.  As with many things we have seen over this pandemic period, there is no actual plan.  They are adrift and meandering through the latest edu-speak opinion and reacting t the loudest parents.  [/quote]

If Asians make up 15% of the county but typically account for 60% of the magnet seats I would think that case would get laughed out of court.[/quote]

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