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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is the MCPS document describing their selection process

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/msmagnet/about/Middle%20school%20magnet%20selection%20process%20overview.PDF[/quote]

Thanks for the link, PP!

Holy crap! 4 rounds including 'group review' to evaluate 10-year-old children for a PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM enriched program? 
Something is seriously wrong with MCPS if they have to go through these ridiculous procedures to 'meet the needs' of 100 chosen while rejecting 3000 or so who, according to MCPS's own confession, woud 'benefit from the program'. And, of course, this travesty was invented with the best interest of 'the child' in mind.

[b]Just offer challenging classes to everyone, already, rather than insult other people's intelligence![/b]
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And that's what they are trying to do by bringing more advanced classes into middle school, now that they have a global screening process that is identifying so many students in need of better curriculum.

In the long run, that's what parents really want for their advanced/GT students. Good rigorous curriculum taught with a peer group that is actually ready for the curriculum. If middle school offerings improve, the ability to stay with your neighborhood friends and not have a 45-60 minutes bus ride twice a day becomes more appealing and the need to be in a magnet less intense.[/quote]

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