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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all of the highly gifted kids are in the hgc.  The old curriculum ought to be brought back in the home schools, too.  This is an outrage that MCPS is showing favoritism.  My kid deserves a more rigorous curriculum in his home school just as much as the kids in the hgcs.[/quote]

MCPS is [b]showing favoritism [/b]to the kids in the HGCs by having HGCs, period. This is not a curriculum dispute; it's a should-there-be-HGCs dispute.

I agree that the number of kids who would benefit from stuff the HGCs do is a lot bigger than the number of kids in HGCs.[/quote]

It is not about favoritism.  It is about meeting the needs of those students whose needs cannot be met in the home school.  That is the definition of students accepted to the HGC.

If it were favoritism, then by that logic we should also eliminate middle and high school magnets, because by virtue of having them we are showing "favoritism" to students who can perform well at these levels.  I do not accept that proposition.

All that said, I think there are many qualified students out there who apply to but are not invited to the HGCs and the magnets, and that is a shame.  Those students' needs should be addressed as well.[/quote]

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