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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for that response.  I was going to ignore the posters who immediately honed in on what it meant for my child, and why I may be bitter.   But yes, I do think that my kid who is a straight A student, has MAP scores in the 99th percentile and had CogAT scores in the 99th percentile is more suited (I know people will get triggered if I say deserving), to the Magnet/CES program than kids at the 85% level.  Cue up the "Your kid is a robot who was trained by Dr Li" comments.  [/quote]

I put my child in the Virtual Academy when she was shut out of the lottery (MAPs well within the 99th percentile for years, clear signs of giftedness since she was a preschooler), because her home school refused to accelerate her in math. Virtual Academy was willing to let her skip ahead in math, and skip ahead two years in orchestra. Her new math class still doesn't have a single thing she doesn't know already, and she solves all problems at a glance, but it's less mind-numbing than what she'd have received at her home school.

So if you're OP, pointing fingers at the VA, please understand that I HATE the current fake magnet selection as much as you do, and I HATE moronic gatekeepers that don't believe some kids are capable of doing advanced work, but... Virtual Academy saved the day (slightly). My plan is to return my child to her home school only on the condition they honor her current math track.

Perhaps you can do the same, OP. Or find another solution. The bottom line is that MCPS is no friend to really gifted students. Parents would do well to seek creative solutions and workarounds instead of tearing each other down - because that works in MCPS' favor, you see. Divide and conquer. Don't fall for that.

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Most elementary schools don’t allow acceleration. Many middle schools do.  [/quote]

PP you replied to. My child was in a CES, and did not get a seat in the magnet middle school. Her home middle school refused to accelerate her in math. Yes, I am well aware, thanks to DCUM, that other middle schools do allow it. But this cluster does not (the high school doesn't either, and pulled the same crap on a magnet middle schooler who could not get a seat in a magnet high school and was returning to this high school).

So off we went to the VA. If MCPS makes my family's life difficult, I have no qualms about playing around with their programs.
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