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We got a letter telling a percentile rank only no specific SAS score. So our percentile rank is 97, we still haven't gotten into our HGC![/quote]

:cry:  The competition is stiff because of paucity of seats. There are MANY students who will benefit from HGC curriculum.  When will MCPS wake up to this? [/quote]

This.[b] To those that say more seats will water down the curriculum, I disagree. There are children who are exactly like your children  (perhaps even smarter!) who did not get into the HGC due to shortage of seats.[/b] After going through this experience for the first time, I now believe there should be at least double the seats there currently are. Clearly, many parents in the county feel their child isn't being challenged enough. There needs to be less differentiation and more tracking and enrichment/acceleration. In a classroom where several 3rd graders can't even read (in my son's school) how is a gifted child supposed to get any attention?? [/quote]

I agree completely.

My kid is on the Wait List.  That means that he had the scores/grades to attend, but there were not enough seats.  That means the Committee thought if he does attend, he would do well.  Then, why is he not able to attend??  Him (and some of his friends who did not get in) are just as qualified and simply are denied the challenge because there is not enough space.  Obviously tons of other families in the same boat.

My kid is at a Focus School and just like PP, there are kids in his 3rd grade class who can't read.  My kid's 'advanced' reading group with 3 other kids rarely meets.  I understand the teacher has to help the kids who need the extra attention (who also get pulled out by either the ESOL or Reading Specialist), but this has been the case for the past 3 years.  Even the kids who are 'average', just kind of float on by if they don't cause trouble.

It's crazy that this wealthy county can't afford to support this huge population of talented youth.[/quote]

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