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what? no.   Students who are very high achievers need the magnet programs. They are the ones who need the challenge more.

Many MSers are languishing in non magnets all over the county due to unchallenging curriculum.  My 7th grader complains about how slow the classes are.[/quote]

[b]No they are thriving.  Their peers are thriving.  If they really are all bored at school they should participate in class.  Your 7th grader is complaining, because that's what they do.  They already have all the pieces in place and this is why the new classes are being piloted at the home schools.[/b][/quote]
This has to be a MCPS administrator posting!  [/quote]

Nope, just an MS parent who finds your reasoning repugnant.  I'm unsympathetic to your whining because I've got my own kids and adding enrichment classes to local schools is more likely to serve both our needs and I have an older child so I do see this as an improvement even if it's partly too late for my family.  I think spreading the admissions more evenly through the county is more equitable.  It makes no sense to take a large cohort from one school, when clearly something is already going well at that school.[/quote]
when a 7th grader says a class is moving too slowly, there is something wrong with that class.  DC is not saying the subject is boring. DC is saying it's too slow (and easy).  Again, we are not at a w cluster.[/quote]
My 7th grader's Algebra teacher apologized to her and the other bright kids in the class about how slow the class was moving.  The teacher said she wishes she could more quicker.  Unfortunately, the advanced 7th graders were put in an Algebra class with 8th graders who could care less about school.[/quote]

That's how it was back in the day! The 7th graders got A's and 8th braders didn't...[/quote]
But back in the day teachers weren't told they must slow down until everyone understands the topic.[/quote]

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