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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm fine with universal screening, but using the cohort criteria really does exclude the brighter kids. [/quote]

But don’t they get the advanced classes at their home school? I thought they send the kids who are advanced but there’s not enough (20?) other advanced kids at their school, and where there are enough kids to form a class they keep them at their home school? I’d prefer my kid be at the home school, unless the magnet is close. [/quote]

+1. Seems like a win win for schools with a lot of very bright students.  I would prefer my kid to stay at his home school rather than spend a half hour or more on the bus to a magnet [/quote]

I agree.  The research behind the style of "highly gifted" program utilized by MCPS focuses on the risk of mental health issues for the highly gifted if they do not have a peer group.   If the peer group exists at their home MS, and they are actually grouped into some classes TOGETHER, this need is probably met.  The mental health issues don't come from not having difficult classes.  They likely come from the ongoing failure of meaningful communication that happens when there are no peers.   
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