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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few things that bother me here

1.  Fox Chapel teacher says "not every child performed above grade level".   How the heck can you be in a an advanced program and not at grade level?

2.  "Parents can no longer submit private evaluations attesting that their children are gifted".   That was never part of the application process that I was aware of.

3.   I'm all for universal screening and more local programs but the instruction level needs to be similar to what was available at the magnets.   I have a child in a local CES and had one at an HGC a few years ago.  Believe me, it is nowhere close.   [/quote]
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Excellent points. 
#3 is consistent with what other parents with a basis for comparison have said

I really wish they would just open a third set of middle school magnets in the Bethesda/Rockville/ Potomac area. There are so many kids who live in these areas who need these programs and unfortunately having a large group of highly gifted/ able kids is what shut many of them out of the middle school magnets. It would also make their commutes easier. 
I wouldn’t be surprised if most of the 151 kids who earned National merit semifinalist  status this year live in these very neighborhoods. I do support the universal screening but I think the peer cohort criteria is terribly unfair [/quote]

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