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Coming into MCPS from outside, I guess I just don't get why there aren't enough CES classes and MS / HS Magnets for every kid who qualifies.  We have buildings, we have teachers, we have a proven curriculum, clearly we have loads of qualified kids who aren't being served, so why not just shift some regular classrooms into gifted classrooms?  Add more Magnet schools and distribute them geographically so that kids who are accepted don't decline because of transportation issues?  Why choose the number of kids who can participate based on the number of assigned seats, rather than decide the number of seats/classrooms based on the number of qualified kids?

Sorry, but this isn't Harvard.  It's public K-12 education.  Doesn't MCPS owe every gifted student a free and appropriate education, ethically if not legally?  [/quote]

Do you think it's a good idea for the school system to take every smart kid out of the regular classroom and put them into separate classrooms in separate schools? I don't.

Also, does MCPS owe every gifted student a free and appropriate education? No.[/quote]

Then give up the pull-out system entirely and go to an inclusive model where appropriate differentiation is provided in-classroom and all the kids are mixed.  That would also be fair.

Free and appropriate education should be the expectation for kids across the bell curve.  It's only a federal mandate for kids with diagnosed special needs, but there are states that require it for everyone.  Shouldn't the goal of public education be to help each child reach their potential?[/quote]

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