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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So who actually needs a magnet program in your opinion? Not[b] the poor Asian[/b] child who has a high IQ, works really hard and [b]is prepped[/b] because her parents want to make sure she has the best chance of getting in?[/quote]

Poor Asian children, if they are truly poor, aren't being prepped (do you know how much these prep programs cost?).[/quote]

Right. A "poor" Asian child (or poor White, Hispanic, or Black child) probably doesn't live in a highly segregated enclave in Potomac. That hypothetical child has a great chance of accessing the magnet because she by definition lives in an integrated part of the county.[/quote]

And, if she does live in Potomac, she’s already benefiting from the strong cohort, which is why her parents pinched every penny to live there.[/quote]
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A poor Asian kid in Potomac is a rich kid in Solver Spring? What is the cheapest house zoned for Churchill, $650K? That gets you in just about every neighborhood in silver spring except maybe woodside but even then maybe a home that needs work.

Also why when we talk about the east county they are great schools but then out the other side of their mouth it is [b]we need enrichment programs to attract stronger kids[/b] so our smart kids don’t languish in classes with too many locals. Which is it?

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I'm an "east county" magnet parent and I would be PERFECTLY happy to see the western part of the county get its own stand-alone programs. I don't think the kids who are "attracted" from other parts of the county are necessarily stronger. Anecdotally, the strongest kids in my child's magnet cohort aren't the rich white/Asian kids who come in from Potomac. They are the working/middle class children of immigrants, most of whose families definitely can't afford even the cheapest house zoned for Churchill.

When we "east county" parents talk about enrichment, it is for the exact same reason that you presumably do. Particularly by middle school, it is clear that kids have strengths and weaknesses, and we are lucky to be in a district large enough to provide programming for kids whose strengths lie in STEM, or humanities, or theater, or engineering.

It is certainly not because we think we need to "attract" a certain group of kids. We need to meet the needs of the kids who are already zoned for the school - that's why we talk about enrichment, as well as scaffolding and support for the kids who need that. [/quote]

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