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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My son is in 4th grade at PBES - bright but didn't make it into CES. Here's what he said to me this morning: "Mom, I'm frustrated - there are so many kids in my class that don't take school seriously and they are getting all of us in trouble. It's like all the good kids are in CES now." Just about broke my heart. I'm all about expanding opportunities but I'm personally worried about kids like my son falling through the cracks at PBES - even more of a concern now that so many of the "strongest students" are removed from the general population.[/quote]

I'm sorry that this is happening to your son. You could press the principal to get your son into the CES. Everyone is doing this but sometimes the squeaky wheel does get the grease. If so many kids are coming off the waiting list, its much more likely that for some their parents simply pitched a fit rather than their scores being the highest on the waitlist. If your son did really badly on the test and does do well on other tests like PARCC etc then its unlikely the principal will let him in even if he's brilliant. It would reflect badly on her if too many kids in her local CES program were scoring poorly.

This is likely to continue through ES and MS. Schools intentionally do whatever they can to balance the classes and sprinkle the remaining high achievers (or low achievers depending on which is more numerous/rare at the school) throughout different classes. Its unfair to teachers who are evaluated on scores for one teacher to get all the high performers and another to get all the low performers.

Could you afford private school? The Catholic schools are much, much less expensive than the "big three" type schools and would still have students that take school seriously. Your other option , I hate to say it, is to move to a school with more highly capable and serious students. WJ cluster is the closest to you and usually less expensive than the BCC area. [/quote]

Not sure that's great advice. This problem exists throughout the county especially on this particular statistic, 5th-grade math on PARCC. Here are a few scores off GS for schools that otherwise do well. This problem isn't limited to your school just more pronounced because it's more diverse.

Rock Creek Forest
Black  11%

Chevy Chase Elementary
Black 20%

Garret Park Elementary
Black 21%

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