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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I, for one, believe that higher performing students without a similarly talented cohort of classmates should be airlifted out of that school.  Not even a lottery. Just get them out and put them somewhere they can grow[/quote]
Absolutely. Every high performing student in a high FARMS school should be offered the choice to enroll in a magnet program and they should just create enough seats to make this happen. Or alternatively, create more magnet programs in high FARMS schools and reserve seats for every high performing student in the host school.  [/quote]

I don't see any point in trying to re-create the magnet curriculum where there are just 1-3 high performers. Just offer those few a chance to work at their level and not the level of their lower performing classmates.

And if you are the parent of a 99% kid worried that a magnet full of 91% kids may impede your child's progress - just try imagining being the parent of an 91% kid in a school where most everyone else is performing at 50% or lower.[/quote]

Substitute the words "just 1-3 special needs students" in that sentence and see how it lies with you.  Remember, IEPs aren't just "[working] at their level."

Alternately, if it's good enough for those 1-3, why not for some 20 or 30 in a different school?  Offering something to one group but not the other is inherently inequitable.[/quote]

To your first point I say "Yes!! That is something to think about. Maybe those 1-3 should be airlifted into a school / program that is better for them?"

I don't get your twist on the second point? But maybe I'm just tired? I think that schools should get the resources they need to support the students they have. But if they only have 1-3 students in a given cohort then those kids should be considered for programs in schools that DO have kids with similar needs[/quote]

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