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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest started Kindergarten in MCPS in 2004. There has always been more demand for these gifted/enriched magnets than spots.

If I had a magic wand:

1. Offer magnet math, magnet social studies, and magnet English at all middle schools. If there are is no cohort, kids can go to another school. Our MS curriculum is terrible. The majority of families would be happy in home MSs with a more rigorous curriculum.

2. Expand the number of seats in middle school magnet programs by adding more locations, like they have expanded the test-in HS magnet programs. With these expanded seats they can let in all the outliers (98%+ on cogat or map or whatever) and then do a lottery for everyone that is between 98% and 85% to fill the remainder of the spots. We have a ton of highly able students in this county. Let's make the pie bigger.
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You are actually drawing lines between kids who scored 98 and 99 percent?

THIS EXAM IS ONE MOMENT FROM ONE DAY OF THEIR LIVES. 
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You pick the number then. I don't personally care what the criteria are. Find a way to identify kids who are academic outliers and then let in a bunch of other kids who would benefit from the program via lottery.[/quote]
And there's the rub. Kids excel in different ways, and that will be reflected in the measuring stick you choose. [/quote]
It would be a good point except, [b]the program is supposed to be for kids that excel in specific way[/b]s. [/quote]""

This +10000[/quote]

Sure, it's true that any kid with over 85% on these tests apparently does just fine. [/quote]

Point taken these programs were never about kids who were prepped to get 99% but about helping develop slightly above average students who were interested in stem. It's clear that many more kids could do the work and a shame they don't expand the program to all who would like to participate and are able.[/quote]
I absolutely agree with this. The program should be expanded so that all qualifying students should be offered the opportunity for this enrichment. [/quote]

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