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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Loiederman is the only visual/performing arts magnet in the county.  If you have a child who big into the arts, having so many arts elective choices is a big deal.  DD is only in 3rd grade now, but already dreaming of Loiederman.[/quote]

This isn’t a REAL magnet. Those students at Loiederman possess no talent. A real visual and performing arts magnet holds [b]AUDITIONS[/b]. That’s why it’s such a mediocre school you’re mixing students with potential with kids who have no business on a stage. MCPS when are you going to stop caring about less deserving students feelings and start having audition for these arts programs.[/quote]

I've read other posters' rebuttals to your post, PP, but I for one completely agree with you.

There is a lot of ignorance surrounding artistic disciplines. Most people don't realize the amount of PRECISE TECHNIQUE a middle schooler needs to learn to achieve an intermediate, or better level. That technique cannot be learned in a lottery based system. There are multiple completely OBJECTIVE CRITERIA for evaluating students' levels of advancement in dance, music and other artistic pursuits, to answer another poster. The existence of these school specialties is purely an attempt to revitalize the surrounding dicey neighborhoods. The schools themselves have no quality core academics, which is really what's most important at the middle school level, and no amount of sauce can hide the bad fish.

I wish MCPS wouldn't deliberately muddy the waters and call these schools "magnets", as if they were on par with the largely merit-based selective magnets. At best, the lottery-based schools are "Focus" schools, except that term is in use for something else. What about "Specialty" schools?

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