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[b]I have seen AA and HI students who were taken in highly selective programs just to boost MCPS numbers crash and burn in these programs[/b]. Currently, many students in the magnet programs are supplementing in some way and they are not relying just on the magnet programs to get ahead.  The test prep centers have also become a tutoring center since many years.  Students who are attending these centers are not going there because they need academic intervention, in fact many of these students are much more accelerated than the magnet programs that they are in.

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Back up here. Let's start with -- how do you know that these students were admitted "just to boost MCPS numbers"?

If you have proof that MCPS is using race as a factor in admissions to magnet programs, then you should go to DOJ, because that's illegal.[/quote]

Of course you could not find any explicit evidence for that race is one of considerations for admission into magnet program.  They made it clear that the selection process is race neutral.  So what?  Why the changes are needed for competitive academic merit-based magnet programs? Because the students admitted into the selective programs not doing so well in their way down to high schools or colleges?  Why all the gifted programs from elementary to high schools are localized in schools with greatschool ratings around 5 to 6 even lower (Cold spring or Chevy Chase ES HPG is somewhat exception)?  This year, 4 kids left my DC's elementary GT program since they could not catch up with curriculum.  All of them are from under-representative groups.  I am wondering what will happen if these seats were issued to kids from over-representative groups?  If MCPS keep playing this kind of games (changing the name of highly gifted center, change the curriculum, change the name and style of test, including tons of non-objective evaluation criteria), the program will be or has been watered down.  Why nobody talking about or worried about any changes to magnet programs in Parkland, Argyle and Loiederman middle schools?  It is lottery based program, only depending on your luck.  MCPS definitely could use lottery to decide the seats for Takoma and Eastern magnet programs.  It would be the best solution to reflect the demorgraphy of MCPS enrollment.  [/quote]

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