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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It is the natural conclusion to a lifetimes “Thad needs enrichment so get him out of those classes with brown errr I mean avg test takers”. They angle so vigorously because the thought of being stuck with the local kids terrifies them. The 25 seats is a hope that classroom isolation can last all the way through high school. That is enough for many to move that far east for the discount[/quote]

But this makes the problem worse. By pulling out the slightly above average kids and throwing them into the in boundary magnet spots, the general ed classes at TPMS do become filled with kids that can only work at an average pace. This makes the parents even more desperate to get into the magnet because they don't want their kid left behind.  [/quote]

This is simply not true, though I love how you'd like to categorize in-boundary kids as merely "above avg" (I guess you reserve "gifted" for out of boundary.  So ridiculous. Equally ridiculous is the notion that local students not in the program are merely "average." I know many MANY bright, even gifted, students at regular TPMS. I know kids who came from HGC/CES in reg TPMS, kids who have gone from reg TPMS to Blair SMACS and Blair CAP. Seriously smart kids. Did not get into (or possibly did not apply to) TPMS magnet. It happens (and clearly it happens to a lot of the sour grapes parents here thinking that the in boundary kids are somehow taking spots from their kids -- they are freeing up spots, not taking them). All kids at TPMS have classes with the general student body for most subjects. If students want to isolate themselves, they can, but there is integration and many students mix. I think maybe the new cohort admission might even enhance this. My kids are in the old system, and the kids who don't integrate are often ones that attend w/ a group of friends from another district. If the system is more focused on outliers, it might result in more integration. Just me musing here. I'm not convinced that the outliers route is the way to go. [/quote]

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