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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just have to say this.  I hate the lottery.  I hate a system that keeps my 260+ MAP-M/R scoring, straight A kid out of the MS Magnet program.  MCPS sucks.  [/quote]

No, it doesn’t suck.  It’s a *public* school system; its goals are to meet the needs of as much of the public as possible.  People at either are extreme are usually going to have the most mismatch, with the ones at the lower end suffering the most.

My high-percentile scoring, straight A kid didn’t get in either.  Oh well.[/quote]

A public school system should aim to give kids an education.  It should give accelerated / magnet education only to the brightest kids.  [/quote]

A public school system should aim to meet the educational needs of students.  Sure, it has to balance providing differential instruction that meets the need against the impact on the "mainstream" population and alternate use of resources.  Saying "only the brightest" ignores the fact that many, many students in our county have associated need, and would benefit from being afforded enriched/accelerated instruction.

There is law on the books, and MCPS policy, to require this, but it is vague on the one hand and ignored to a great deal on the other.  Law regarding the needs of those needing learning [i]suppots[/i] is much more robust, and the system spends far more per pupil addressing their needs, though even this runs up against the balancing of resources/consideration for mainstream impact.[/quote]

Correct.  And what many fail to realize is that MCPS not only try’s to meet the needs but also the wants of a variety of students a la all these Special and Choice programs. Those are not required but nice to haves.[/quote]

Most of the choice and special programs are not that great.  We left the one we went to.  It was not good at all.[/quote]

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