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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like the immersion lotteries could at least be after the kindergarten signups in the spring and also expanded.  This is an area where MCPS could really change things without having to change the program itself..like the competitive magnets.[/quote]

I absolutely think that the bare minimum MCPS should do is accept magnet applications through kindergarten registration week, and eliminate the sibling link.  That would create a more level playing ground and help to eliminate the "white flight" factor in immersion applications.  With that said, Jawando's an ass if he passed up Rolling Terrace because RCF was the ONLY school he wanted.  Either immersion is important to him, or it isn't.  It it's important to him and his family, he should be able to handle not having Westland and BCC feeder rights, and being in a school that is majority minority. [/quote]

Well I wonder what was the reasoning behind applying to Rolling Terrace at all if it wasn't acceptable.  It is true that RCF is more desirable simply due to the fact that is full immersion rather than partial so its hard to parse out whether its popularity is because of the format or desirability of the cluster.[/quote]

I think a lot of people apply to more than one program without vetting the logistics/desirability before hand.  There is no point in having a big family discussion about sending a kid if it isn't even an option.  We applied to all the programs even though College Gardens would have been a tough commute and it's only partial immersion.  We likely would have accepted if it was our only option, but we decided to defer the final decision until we knew what, if any, options we had.  Our priorities were full immersion, then commute concerns, then which language, in that order (and we didn't care about the MS/HS feeder pattern).  Other families have different priorities, so it's hard to know why they would decline RTES.  It could have been that it was partial immersion if their private provides full (though even RTES is full immersion in K).  Or it could have been the BCC feeder pattern.  Who knows.  [/quote]

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