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There are some middle schools that do not have enough cohort to consistently provide the home school magnet classes. I cannot believe MCPS wouldn’t take students headed to those schools into account for the decision process.[/quote]

Yes, if the magnets continue, I hope they do look at cohorts, but I wonder if they can encourage the home schools to adapt even with a smaller cohort.  Our home middle school has a pretty small "highly capable" cohort.  My older kid (currently in 8th) was invited to both TPMS and Eastern when they considered cohort as part of the process. My current 6th grader (with higher test scores than the older kid) did not get a spot at either last year, although they were in the lottery for both.  Younger kid is at home school now, where there is one HIGH class with ~20 kids, and I believe their AIM class includes some 7th graders in IM.  I'm being cautiously optimistic that the home school can be sufficient, even with a smaller cohort and some challenges (e.g., kid can't continue their instrument this year because it conflicts with the scheduling of the HIGH class) and that the trade-off of a much shorter bus ride and local friends will help offset the loss of the magnet opportunity.[/quote]

If MCPS did what they did with the lottery and put everyone or most everyone in the lottery and your child is at a strong local MS he or she is not missing much. The peer group is important in the magnet and your child has a great one already.[/quote]

Actually, our home school is pretty low performing score-wise and wouldn't normally be viewed as a "strong local MS" and the cohort size is pretty minimal.  And yet, perhaps it is enough.  I hope all the local schools are able to put together cohorts for the enriched classes. I am curious to see how my local kid fares compared to my magnet kid; I know there will be some differences in what they are offered/exposed to compared to what the magnets offer, but there are advantages to the local school, too.[/quote]

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