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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The attempt to scuttle the whole magnet program is amazing. Its just reeks of jealousy and desperation. People want to finish this program because their kid cannot compete and get in.[/quote]

I think there may be people who want to finish the program, but there are more people (like myself) who feel like a pull out program that serves the top 3% of kids may not be the best model for anyone, particularly when not paired with real differentiation at the home schools.  This model, which we all know leaves highly capable kids behind, is likely too restrictive for a district in which some 30+ percent of kids are identified as gifted.

So, we have a program that likely does not serve a high enough percentage of MCPS kids.  Who is going to be left out?  Low-income kids and kids of color.

The answer isn't to get rid of gifted programming.  It is to stop offering a gifted program that is so inflexible.  I think it is time to get rid of the HGC model and offer real differentiation, in schools, for all kids who qualify.  [/quote]

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