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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would never sign something like this.  The sense of entitlement attached to these programs and the false premise that only the anointed few can handle these programs is breathtaking.  It's the "dilution" argument that really gets me.  Is the student body at the University of Michigan somehow "diluted" because it's larger than Dartmouth?  Is great instruction only appropriate for people who can afford (yes, afford) to undertake a punishing commute?  Is your child's education somehow compromised by having to exercise a little patience or compassion?  You want all the riffraff out, go found a charter in Potomac where you can require 300s on the MAP-M for entrance and then circle the wagons.[/quote]

If you did what MCPS proposed, and chopped Dartmouth into into 3 separate schools and then increased admissions, then yes, it would be diluted. How can you not understand this? Do you really not understand that not every student is equally capable? Or do you believe that everyone performing as well or higher than your kid is equally capable, but all those "riffraff" are less capable? Or do you believe that we should make the county 100% magnet? That's a great idea! Give everyone the most advanced and enriched education! Quantum physics and Cell Biology for everyone, whether they can handle it or not!

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At each school, there should be a range of classes so all kids have the same opportunities.  If a child can do higher-level level, don't they equally deserve the same opportunity.  Why should your kids get it and mine not, when we all pay property and other taxes to fund the schools?  [/quote]

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