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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, use people to push your agenda. When my kid got a letter from MCPS I took it to his school and they were willing to do things.   Granted, I had the support of a teacher.  You don't need the label thing the posters seem to want.  My neighbor is in on the group and she told me the GTA president does not have GT kids!!  She tells me the VP or secretary doesn't even send her children to school in Maryland.  It is a very weird group of folks.  If you really want to express your opinion to Starr send him an email.  That way you are sure you will be heard--not some twist put on your opinion by the Lake Wobegon group.     [/quote]

I do not have an agenda. I am not part of the GTA. I am neither a friend of the GTA president, VP or secretary. So what I speak, I speak from my experience. Yes the letter would work only if your school principal agrees to provide service for your child. If not, you do not have anything to count on. Label is just an identification mechanism that is recognized by the MCPS policy. If tomorrow MCPS makes a policy that all students above xyz scores in abc subjects, will be provided services beyond what is avialable in regular curriculum, then there would not be any issue with abolishing the label. It is an incorrect id, but that is only id available in MCPS for all students who require above grade level acceleration. In the absense of this Id each parents will be at the mercy of the school principal, since there is no guideline as to whether students at 65%tile or 97%tile would be provided accelerated service. Do you really want to be put in that situation?

So what if the GTA president does not have any GT kids (I do not know whether she/he has any GT kids), and VP and secretary do not send their kids to schools in MD, if they can advocate for our kids it is better. If you want to send email to Dr. Starr directly, by all means do so. However, there is nothing wrong in providing the same opinion in public website or meeting, not unless you want opnion expressed  in a secret manner.

BTW, the meeting is arranged by MCPS, and GTA. GTA is only encouraging parents interested in having ability grouping, and aceeleration available in MCPS home school to support the cause. If do not want to be associated with GTA, you still can go to the meeting as a MCPS parents and learn the issues first hand. Do not get swayed by gossips.[/quote]

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