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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son (who is Black) was in the 95th percentile on MAP-R at a "focus" school, was placed in the lottery, did not get in the regional CES. Not sure how or if this matches the anecdotes already gathered in this thread.

I'll admit to a little pang because I was in "GT" classes when I was a kid and I have a love/hate relationship with that label. But staying in his home school is probably a better move for him, and I feel confident that his needs will be met. [/quote]

[b]You should appeal this decision. [/b][/quote]

WHY. Why should this parent appeal?

I'm a flaming progressive that would be happy to have race be a consideration, but it's not.

So what is there to appeal? A 95th percentile kid WAS put in the lottery pool, but then wasn't randomly selected? Just like tons of other 90th, 95th and 99th percentile kids, because there are more of them than slots available?

Thus...?[/quote]

I am the parent who was being asked to appeal, and as this commenter noted, I don't have any grounds to appeal. There's simply not enough space for everyone (which is a different issue, but that's the way things are now). My son's school does have the ELC, and he'll also be with friends and teachers who know and love him. I believe there's a sufficient peer group at his school to adequately challenge him. And philosophically, I think there should be more enrichment opportunities as a student's home school, anyway.

(I'd also like to think he'd still have been in the lottery if he went to a "richie-rich" school, but who knows.)

I'm trying to steer myself away from being obsessed with labels (even though I acknowledge that bit of disappointment when I got the letter.) I was happy to throw my information into the mix just for conversation, but this is now a 17-page thread about third graders. The kids that we are talking about (kids who made it into the lottery) are clearly going to be okay whether they get into the CES or not, because their MAP-R scores demonstrate that.[/quote]

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