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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Having more seats would help. But if the pro-magnet crowd takes the stance that whatever happens in a home school is never going to be good enough, the effort to get more seats gets derailed quickly.[/quote]

This is a very good point. You had parents a few years ago acting like being FORCED to attend Pyle or Frost or whatever highly segregated home MS they were assigned was basically consigning their child to a life of drudgery and wage slavery.

If those parents spend 1/10th of their efforts trying to get home school differentiation, it would be a win-win for everyone. [/quote]

A few years ago, numerous motivated parents tried to get home school differentiation and this is where we are today. They spent significant time meeting with   middle school principals and CES teachers along with writing letters and emails to AEI. They wanted their kids in their home school with enriched classes, not necessarily at the magnets.
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So are you saying to give up? I think the current set up is more a function of prioritizing equity (not necessarily all bad) on the part of BOE and MCPS, and not necessarily a failure of parents' efforts all those years ago. There will be no change unless parents ask for it, and the potential upside for students is high.[/quote]

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