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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like MCPS was conducting testing for acceptance into the CES to screen out the best, brightest students.  They are just focusing on diversity to give those at a disadvantage to have a better learning environment or opportunity.  Someone mentioned that evaluation also considered the student's academic peer group of highly able students. They also take into account that accelerated and enriched programs may also be provided at the selected middle schools (e.g., advanced English and advanced Math). This is a BS way of protecting themselves from any lawsuit. Their focus is not on the brightest, capable students. It is an unfortunate situation as the school system is run by a few special interest administrators whose goal is anything but academic excellence. These guys need to protect their jobs and cater to their special interest group friends.[/quote]

You have absolutely no proof that they are "just focusing on diversity." Stop using kids of color as a convenient scapegoat. Yes, it is disappointing. I know a couple of kids who got rejection letters yesterday who would have done GREAT at the TPMS program, but they will also do GREAT at their home school.

[b]Folks need to channel this anger into MCPS for removing tracking from middle school classes,[/b] rather than focusing their disappointment on Black and brown children. [/quote]
And focus on [b]what to do to change this back[/b] to providing more support for gifted children in their home middle schools.  We can quibble all day about whether our own 99%-scoring students should have been admitted vs. other people's 99%-scoring students and whether the reasons were subjective and/or justified. But the fact is, there are many gifted children around here, and only 200 MS places in these 2 schools. 
With the collective intelligence of the parents posting on this thread, we can surely identify what programs we'd *like* to see at our kids' home middle schools. Imagine you lived in a school district with no magnet middle schools. What kind of gifted program would you like to see at the middle school that is currently not there? Which ones are cost-effective for the school district? Easy to implement in a year or so? Start from there. You have 3 years to make it happen so your child can get at least some some special gifted attention by 8th. If you spend months challenging the Board of Ed (like one poster said he/she plan to do), you should also be spending just as much time creating an actual near-term solution for your child. My plan is to work with the home school to see what they have the appetite to do and unite with other interested parents.[/quote]

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