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If you think one or two "enriched" classes is the same as a whole magnet program, then you are clueless about how a magnet program works.  If MCPS brought the exact same  program to the western side, then I would agree with you. But they aren't doing that.[/quote]

I think that two special classes is only one class less than the number of magnet classes in the magnet program.[/quote]
Those two "special" classes are not going to be the same as the magnet programs, and even if it's one less, it's still not the same.  [/quote]

My God. I'm inclined to be sympathetic to disappointed parents, but this is just foot stamping nonsense at this point. This whole thread is a case study in hoarding opportunity and deep resentment at the idea that [b]someone else might get a chance to reach their potential.[/b] [/quote]
.. at the expense of others based on where they live.  It's not about "hoarding". It's about equitable access, which this new method does not provide in the case of "peer cohort".  If they did away with the cohort nonsense, the whole thread would go away.[/quote]

If they did away with cohort, there would still be kids who didn't get in, so I don't think we'd be better off in terms of complaining.

But they've ALWAYS considered peer cohort because they have always had to figure out how to best distribute limited seats. Allowing kids with strong peer cohorts to remain in their home schools, while providing opportunities to kids who don't have the same advantage in terms of peer cohort, is and always has been the best way to distribute a scarce resource. It maximizes benefit. [/quote]

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