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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is turning into its own proof why this petition is a terrible idea.  Why in the world would we want to proliferate these kinds of social attitudes by preserving the hunger games associated with these peacock programs?  Scatter them to the four winds (or the six regions) and start over with something that balances needs across the county, rather than just cohorting the privileged few.[/quote]
Do you not want any criteria-based programs with cutoffs and cohorting or are you okay with such programs as long as significantly more kids have access? If you’re okay with it as long as more kids have access, 1) how many more kids need to have access for special programs to be acceptable and 2) what cutoffs would you use? How would you address the complaints from the parents of the students in the next lower tier, who just missed cutoffs and still don’t have access to these programs, but are just as capable as the least capable students who did make the cutoffs? Because as long as there are cutoffs, this will remain a complaint. Are we okay if double the seats? Triple? Quadruple? Admit 10-fold the number of students the existing magnets? Just curious where people want the line drawn.[/quote]

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