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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you need the assigned middle school? It's really spread out this year and releasing that information would be a violation of privacy for much of the student population since it could easily lead to student/score discovery.
Then again, this is about you and your "sour grapes"--not the process.[/quote]

In quite a few of our students are the sole student or one of only 2 or 3 from their ES. That information would definitely be identifying. [/quote]

Yes, because so few were admitted from the W feeders. So give the number of students admitted from each home ES (I can tell you exactly 0 were admitted from my 10-ranked home ES), and then give a list of test scores of admitted students that are not broken down. Would be very helpful information for parents whose kids might be interested in the magnet. If no-one or only 1 is getting in from a home ES then you're clear your chances are virtually nil. Test scores would give you a range, though I suspect they will be quite variable.[/quote]

Aren't most people's chances virtually nil?  I mean, I don't see the point of banking on magnet admissions.  Go through the process, see how it goes, and if you have the option, wonderful, decide whether your family can make the transportation/logistics work and how you think it will impact your kid socially (positively or negatively).  That is the attitude we took with CES admission.  Our daughter was admitted, and is going, but we are proceeding with the assumption that she will return to her home MS for 6th grade.  If she has additional options, then we'll consider them, but our expectation and hers is that she will return to the home MS.[/quote]

+1 Even before the change in admissions, there were still 100 spots at Eastern and 100 spots at TPMS.  If 800-1000 kids applied in a typical year, your child's odds of admittance was under 20%. The majority headed back to their home MS.[/quote]

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