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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really would not focus too much on comparing TPES to the HCG process. The applicant pool to TPES primary magnet is totally different. It has lots of folks who are simply trying to escape their home school. I know many families with very bright kids who did not bother applying to the TPES magnet, but will apply to the HCG magnet. The few kids I know of who did apply to and get into the TPES magnet were bright kids, but not noticeably higher performing than many kids who didn't bother applying.[/quote]

How do you know the applicant pool is totally different?  Quite likely many of the same kids apply to both.  The reason the comparison is useful is because in both instances you are dealing with Dr. Monique Felder's office in the Division of Accelerated and Enriched Instruction.  It's a subjective process either way and not transparent.  I think it should just be based on test scores, instead the AEI panel is allowed to introduce their own biases to the process.  Not to mention the school doesn't always bother to send the most updated information on reading or math level.[/quote]

I agree, the first post seems off base. DC did TPES and was there with some really, really bright kids who are now (like DC) in high school magnets. In fact, the idea that TPES is an "escape" is also off base because the TPES magnet kids are only pulled out for some classes, not all, and by the time they reach Piney Branch for 3-4th grades, lots of TPES magnet families are looking to "escape" Piney Branch's issues by going to HGCs.[/quote]

The point is that there are a lot of really bright kids who will apply to the HGC, but don't bother applying to the TPES magnet in kindergarten because their parents are happy enough with their local school, and not all wound up yet because, well, it's only kindergarten.[/quote]

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