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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no doubt that most of the kids in Blair SMACs/ Poolesville SMCs/ RMIB programs are brilliant. Both of my kids attended one of these  schools but they were outside these programs. However, they are highly motivated and  based on SAT scores younger one is in top 1.5-2 percent and older one in top 6 percent.  They are strivers not naturals.

For kids like mine, MCPS hosting a magnet program within their school gave them access to classes they wouldn’t have had otherwise. My younger one told me that he was one of the only local kids in advanced science classes think AP Chem/ Physics / MV.  Without the magnet program he would lose access.

Looking at AP Scores across schools on the MCPS dashboard, I recently realized that some schools don’t have enough students to offer classes like BC Cal. Countywide magnet programs in underserved schools help.  For kids who don’t make the magnets but are strong/strivers, MCPS needs to offer rigor. Taking away the countywide magnet programs is idiotic.

However, offering alternatives for those kids who are strivers is essential. If MCPS added one or two more large area competitive programs in an underserved area, I think that would be amazing. Perhaps put a Blair CAP program in Seneca Valley and a Global Ecology program at Kennedy.

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Calling your own kids "strivers not naturals" is gross. Being interested enough in a subject to strive for achievement is natural. [/quote]

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