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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's right, I forgot about Greenbelt MS TAG program.

Why lawsuits?   Have there been any lawsuits over the TAG-only schools at elementary school?

There's a state mandate to provide *some* form of TAG services to TAG identified students, but nothing more than that -- no legal requirement of location, type, cohort, etc.   [/quote]

No, but by the county's own research the TAG centers always come back well underrepresented in terms of numbers of minorities compared to the general population. You really think taking a school that's doing well like Kenmoor, closing it off, and busing all the kids, likely less wealthy and more likely to be Hispanic and Afican American compared to the general population, to a school that's struggling and poor performing isn't grounds for a lawsuit?[/quote]

I wonder if adding more TAG MS slots would actually increase the proportion of AA and Hispanic children in the program.   In my observations the white TAG kids are more likely to enter the TAG ES lottery and leave local schools at 2nd grade.  The kids that are left behind are pretty much excluded from the TAG MS due to lack of seats.   Families of lower SES, especially those whose first language isn't english,  may not understand about TAG continuity system when their kid is in 2nd grade.  If it is even on their radar, they may assume that they could choose to leave their kids at the local school and then send them at MS level.

There are multiple MS TAG magnets, Kenmoor, Greenbelt, Walker Mill are three I am familiar with.  All have long wait lists.

Basically the current system isn't enough.  It isn't serving the needs of the county kids and if it could be expanded it should be.  [/quote]

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