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The problem is not universal testing - I think it is a good thing.  The problem is rejecting students because they have a peer group in the home school, while not providing anything even remotely equivalent to what the magnet programs offer at their home school. That is the "new and improved" process for this year. ([b]The icing on the cake is to tell the parents to "work with the principal for programming and grouping practices."[/b] http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/specialprograms/middle/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions%20Eastern%20and%20Takoma%20Park%20Magnet%20ProgramsFINAL(1).pdf)

MCPS has a very bad track record of challenging advanced learners in their home schools.
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They're telling you to do it. So stop complaining and go do it.[/quote]

PP here: been there, done that.

When you have a DC who hates to go to school because she is too advanced for her class, you quickly learn about MCPS' priorities. And I know of parents whose kids were even more advanced learners than mine - truly gifted kids who ace SAT when they are in elementary - who had to fight with MCPS to get their kids' needs met.

Take a look at an example:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/how-a-top-school-district-tried-to-block-a-very-gifted-child/2016/07/31/32dfc37a-5513-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html?utm_term=.b54f2b40695c

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It's always easy for people to find reasons not to do things.

If you try, you might succeed, or you might not succeed. If you don't try, it's guaranteed that you won't succeed.[/quote]

Agree. If you feel the magnet admission is fishy, fight it. If you don't try, you don't know. [/quote]

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