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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do so many kids from Churchill, WJ, and Wootton go to RMIB? [/quote]

It's not just RMIB, they send a lot to Blair too.  Are those 3 bad schools or something?[/quote]

Those zones have most the tippy top students in the county. [/quote]

What does "tippy top students" even mean?  I can't imagine those schools have that many more gifted kids with high potential than other schools, most of which send less than 10 kids.

I'd believe kids in those areas have higher test scores or other accomplishments based on exposure though, between the elementary and middle schools and the exposure and support from better-off parents  But that shouldn't affect admissions that much, should it-- what are the admissions criteria?   The magnets are supposed to serve the smartest kids in the county, right?   Not just provide extra resources and supports to kids who get ahead because of receiving more resources and support than kids of equal intelligence in poorer areas/families?

If the countywide magnets are actually serving the smartest, most capable kids of all backgrounds countywide, regardless of background, then I support them.  But if they're essentially just helping 95th percentile kids from rich areas get more advantages than top 1-2% kids from poor areas because the richer kids score better on exposure-based tests like MAP or the like, then I have a huge problem with that [/quote]

According to the stats they shared, only 8% of RMIB kids and 12% of Blair SMCS and Poolesville SMCS kids have ever qualified for FARMS (I believe the ever FARMS rate for the county as a whole is 46%), and they have way fewer Black and Hispanic kids than the county as a whole.  So I highly doubt these magnet programs are actually using admissions criteria that select the most brilliant kids with the highest potential.  Just smart kids that test well probably.[/quote]

You don’t sound very smart. Low farm and fewer black and Hispanic equal not using admission criteria that select most brilliant kids with highest potential?  What kind of logic is that? [/quote]

What, you think that 80-90% of the smartest kids in the county come from the 1/3 of county kids who are white or Asian?  Nope, but I bet 80-90% of kids who test the best do.  [/quote]

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