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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will not sign, and my kids have both been in a magnet. One graduated in 2025, and the other is in HS.

It's been a good experience for them, but there's far too much talent in the county to limit the participation to a few hundred students per grade level per year.[/quote]

This. Regional magnet programs are a good idea. [/quote]

+1 The "I got mine" posters are out in force, including hijacking parent chat groups at TPMS.

No. More opportunity is good and if we have to "dilute" classes that only 10 kids per year take in MCPS, so be it.[/quote]
Those classes that only 10 kids take won’t be diluted; they’ll be eliminated because those 10 kids will be distributed among many schools, none of which will have the talent pool to field enough students for these classes. That’s how these STEM programs will be diluted. [b]We’ll have many good programs and no exceptional ones.[/b][/quote]

GOOD. I would also like to tax billionaires and have fewer billionaires but also a more functioning social safety net. People who already have much can give just a tiny bit away in order to serve the broader good. [/quote]
That’s fine for your position to be that diluting these programs serves the greater good, but don’t refer to it as “diluting” them then, because you’re admitting they should actually be diluted.

We’ve got one crowd that’s always upset that the US can’t compete in STEM on a global level and another crowd that thinks diluting top notch STEM education is okay as long as every bright kid gets to say they’re in a special program. Just be honest about what you want.[/quote]

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