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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/maryland-school-district-examines-racial-disparities-in-its-gifted-programs/2016/03/21/1caacdf6-eb88-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html

How is it that people don't know about these programs?   I got something in the mail and ConnectEd multiple calls / emails.[/quote]

I had a child at an HGC several years back.  I would have heard about the process through ConnectEd, etc, but the real reason we applied was we knew a neighbor who's kid had attended.  Similarly I know people who've applied since in no small part because they spoke with us.  The process is bizarre and it's hard to navigate without some first hand experience for encouragement.  ConnectEd is over used and half of it sounds like spam, it's not surprising that families don't change the course of their kid's education based on a robo call.  I don't have any suggestions for improving the system, but I have no trouble believing there's inertia that keeps the same groups of people applying/not applying.[/quote]

We were new to mcps the year my DC was in 2nd grade.  The school sent home a flyer about HGC in 3rd.  As I recall, the flyer has information in several different languages.  And I agree with PP, we get robocalls from mcps all the time about choice programs, magnet, etc...

If the parents don't bother listening to the message, or reading the things that come home, including in the mail, then what else can the school do?

If they look at "holistic", then yes, it would mean some of the students may not be able to keep up with the rest of the kids, and the fear is that they have to dumb down the curriculum to accommodate the kids that may not be on the same level as the rest of the kids.

If the intent is to really push for screening and notification of programs to certain schools without changing the admittance criteria, I have no problem with that.[/quote]

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