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I'm the poster who said this, because it was told to us at the Magnet MS meeting.  I came to the same conclusion, as did many other parents.  Most of the parents at my DC's CES took the Magnet test, but are most likely going to stick with the home MS.  At the Magnet MS meeting, they very much portrayed the MS Magnets as a place for high performing kids from lower performing MSs to come together.  I did not get the impression that TPMS/Eastern are looking for the 'best and the brightest' or the highest performing kids in the County.  It aligns with the MCPS main goal of closing the achievement gap, and helps them identify the students from these lower performing MSs who are motivated to do better.  [/quote]

I'm confused about why parents are "most likely going to stick with the home MS".  I've seen this posted a couple of times recently.  Are these parents who in past years would have applied and sent their kids to the magnet, or are they families that would not previously have considered the magnets because of the logistics involved?  If they are parents who previously would have sent kids but now wouldn't consider it, do they really think that the quality of the program is being degraded enough to not make it worthwhile?  The magnets still offer unique curriculum opportunities for a set of high-ability students. Are the parents turned off by the fact that these may not be the absolute highest-ability students (even if they are still highly qualified)?  Or are the parents reconsidering their home MS as a good option in light of the identification of a "peer group" of highly qualified students and the potential for enrichment classes there? I'm really curious about this and would love to hear from parents who previously would have sent kids but now won't.

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This is anecdotal but just to give you an examples so you understand how people feel about these changes. I recently met a group of mothers with kids in a high school Magnet. Four of them also had kids in elementary  school and only one was planning to let their kid apply to the magnet middle school. Two were pulling their kids out of MCPS and one was going to keep their kid in their home middle school. The reason given was the new selection criteria and their concern about the quality of the program. They were all zoned for middle schools that have experienced discrimination in the last selection process.   
All of us agreed that the Magnet programs have been wonderful for our children. The three who are leaving mcps were willing to send their kids to the high school magnets if the selection process etc stays the same. [/quote]

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