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[quote=Anonymous]Ask your son what he wants to do. We have one child who didn't want to go and thrived at our home school. Our other child has decided to go and will start this fall. As we explained to the kids, for different reasons, both choices are equally good. We've been very happy with our home school, and I really don't believe that two years of elementary makes a huge difference for a bright and inherently motivated child.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would much rather they move to the Matsunaga model throughout the whole county and get rid of the regional centers.  The transportation and before/after care issues still pose a barrier to some families who will not choose to attend a regional center as a result.  The transportation cost is high.  It is socially awkward for the kids.  It adds  competitive pressure on kids to apply for MS Magnets.  I could go on with the down sides of the regional centers.      [/quote]

But if you put a whole magnet class at every school..it becomes a pretty low bar.  1/2 the grade in some cases.  The high level curriculum would have to change...which is ok I guess except for those outlier kids who lose what they have.  I wonder if it will lead to a drastic expansion of (sort of) competitive magnet seats at the MS and HS levels too.[/quote]

It isn't a whole class. It isn't an all day event. They still have a home room, specials, etc...  They get pulled out during reading and math for GT enrichment. That is how most models do it if they don't track kids. Tracking kids is the best way to get full day enrichment but MCPS is too PC to go back to that. [/quote]

I don't know what the matsunaga model is, but when I was in GT in the '80's, it was a once a week pullout program--it was a couple of kids from each class (class sizes were about 30), so maybe the top 7% or so.  I liked it a lot.  I went to a regional program for middle and high school but I think that would have been terrible for an ES.  I didn't send my daughter to the HGC for those reasons.  I'm really struggling with what to do about my son, whose scores are off the charts and is not having a great experience at the home school.  I do wish there was something closer to home.[/quote][/quote]

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