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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need a critical mass of highly able students in the same classroom, a good program, and good teachers for this to be successful. Montgomery county benefited from the national awards won by Blair, Poolesville, and RM students, by increased tax revenue for instance. It is simply not possible to achieve the same level of success with regional programs. There won't be enough interested and capable students to justify the same level of classes at the same number of classes. There won't be enough teachers capable of teaching these classes at the same level they are taught today. For all practical purposes, this is the end of a very successful program. Sad.[/quote]

Totally agree. It’s just impossible to duplicate those highly successful programs across all six regions. Eventually, the so-called magnet programs in each region will become just regular programs with a few advanced classes.

But I guess no one cares. [/quote]

People don't care because the few magnets slots are placed in the far eastern part of the county or upper Northwest part of the county. For the vast majority of us, our kids either didn't qualify because we haven't been prepping them since the age of 5 AND/OR we live far away and travel time isn't worth it. What is the plan for middle school magnets? IMO, that is the level where we most need reform.[/quote]

Middle school magnets are on the chopping block next year. I haven't heard about the gifted and talented programs at the elementary school levels, but it makes sense those will be cancelled after the middle school programs are unwound.[/quote]

If that means that GT kids will have access to accelerated and enriched programming that is meaningful at local schools that is great. My children have never had lottery luck and have been stuck with sun-par programming at local schools. [/quote]

You’re delusion if you think this means any improvement for your kids. [/quote]

Well worth my kids not being served at all
By CES/magnets right now, it won’t be any worse for them. [/quote]

You need to think about beyond [/quote]

I’m sorry if I missed it but I don’t think I’ve seen anyone against this regional programming proposal comment on the changes to the CES and magnet programs in recent years.  Is this because your kids went through before these took effect?  I’ve seen some posters observe that the lottery at TPMS etc changes the dynamics and likelihood of who advances to the Blair magnet anyway, but I haven’t seen a response.  And doesn’t the existence of a lottery at the magnet level imply a larger cohort of qualified students who need access to accelerated programming all the way through?[/quote]
The presence of the lottery indicates that during the Covid shutdown, CogAt couldn’t be administered and some students’ grades suffered due distance learning. With no good way to differentiate students, a lottery was implemented instead of attempting to rank students. The lottery has remained because equity is a top priority and the lottery system is random.[/quote]

So what is the quality of these programs like, for those with access?[/quote]

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