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This parent coaches being the gatekeepers happens A LOT in Elementary School, exp…Science Olympiad, Math Counts, FLL, CompSci competitions.
Then when the students go to Middle School and try out with the Teacher Coaches…those preferred kids get to check “experience” next to the forms and have a leg up on other kids. 
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Anyone can sign up for AMC8 through FCAG or through any school or program offering the test.  Anyone can sign up for CML as a homeschooler, Math Kangaroo, or mathleague.  Anyone can get a free AoPS account and use alcumus, Mathcounts trainer app, FTW, or any of the forums there.  If Mathcounts and Science Olympiad are handled properly, selection should be competitive and based on performance on a test.  I'm not saying that gatekeeping isn't happening, but a motivated family should be able to work around it.  [/quote]

These points are frequently brought up that [i]anyone[/i] can seek extra supplements if they actually valued education and were motivated to succeed.

The real difficulty we have in Fairfax is that our URM/high-poverty populations come from third-world countries like Central America, eastern Africa, and the Middle-East. They come and live here, but they aren't living in the same world as the assimilated population. We in Fairfax County are very different than, say, Wyoming, where both the rich and poor are mostly white and have similar cultural upbringing and values.

There doesn't even need to be gatekeeping because they aren't trying to get into the gate because they don't even know a gate exists. That's the unfortunate reality that FCPS wants to address.[/quote]

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