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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The curriculum at the home middle schools is very different than at the magnets. I have a child currently in 8th at a magnet and one in 6th at our home middle school and the differences I see have little to do with the peer group and much to do with the expectations and curriculum in the magnet subjects. [/quote]

Of course it is, and why?, because for years now, anyone who knew anything did whatever was necessary to ensure their kid had the magnets as an escape hatch from the MCPS curriculum.  Well, guess what that means there has been no one fighting for better curriculum, fighting for ability grouping or enrichment in the home schools there is only fighting for magnet slots.  There are 36,000 middle school students and only 1200 magnet slots.  No matter what the selection criteria, there will always be highly able students screwed by this system. The only real solution [i]is[/i] to fix the home schools by working with those principals, this is the way forward and a lot of good can come of sending these angry parents back to their home schools, that's solid advice.

And no, it doesn't matter, if MCPS science bowl performance drops.  A magnet isn't a pro sports team, they aren't supposed to recruit fully formed competitors by whatever means.  The purpose is to find students anywhere in the county who will benefit from three years of acceleration. Interest and performance in academic teams develops from there.

Yes, I'm sad my DC won't be at a magnet, but I've been here before, I've been both a magnet and non-magnet parent.  Fixing the home schools is much more important than my kid skirting by.[/quote]

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