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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread had fallen off of the front page from 11/30 until 12/4.

You had to be looking for it in order to see it.

As important as the conversation is the way THIS particular thread just keeps getting brought back to life has a real Frankenstein feeling. [/quote]

Wel you're right in that nothing posted here is remotely helpful. I'm against the lottery but these posters make me want to defend it.[/quote]

I think reasonable parents can and should be talking to one another, either in this forum or another. Let's say MCPS is committed to the lottery - the way they've gone about it is slapdash and contradictory to their own stated goals. By eliminating kids who got Bs, and getting rid of the one test that was looking for aptitude over exposure, MCPS has painted themselves into a corner that forced them to lower the MAP cut-off so far that it's basically meaningless.

A more nuanced and equitable approach would be to keep the CogAT and cap it at 95%. Look at MAP and grades secondarily, because for the ES and MS levels, you want to find the kids who CAN do the work, not just those who have already been exposed to it. [/quote]

It is an inevitable race to the bottom. People with means will get out. Middle class will supplement and suffer. The people it is supposed to help will be stuck in a morass of mediocrity. Venal politicians for the win! Society loses. Tyranny of the majority. Solution: elect the right people. else shut up and bear it. Now only if the right people also promoted better gun laws and kept our students safe...I know. overall, doesn't look good for public schools and our kids. [/quote]

Easy to say but there aren't any right people as far as I can tell. [/quote]

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