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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its not a very compelling argument to say that TPMS can't handle another 25 kids per grade. Especially in light of how MCPS goes so far over capacity in all their schools. You're grasping at straws with that one.

Someone upthread mentioned that these set aside seats have been a fluffy historical artifact for years that no one really knew or cared about in the past. The seats enticed a few residents to come back into the system from private school or gave an inbound UMC white kid a chance to work above their level.

Things have changed and now its time to let them go.

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If 75 in-boundary kids moved into the neighborhood, the school would adjust (e.g, add portables, etc.) to accommodate population growth. However, there is no reason for MCPS to add 75 out of boundary kids to go over the building capacity that is already over enrollment just to expand the magnet. As others have posted above, if they get rid of the 25 set aside seats, they are not going to increase the overall magnet seats. They will keep the number of seats at 100 and the TP kids will just compete with the rest of the down county kids. [/quote]

The problem is if they let the in-boundary kids compete there won't be any seats left for out of boundary kids and then you'll never hear the end of it.[/quote]

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