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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our neighboring Thomas Jefferson HS gives seats to the top performers and then take lottery among top X% in every MS. This admission process is ruled recently as discrimination against Asians. Yet, it's way much better than the stupid pure-lottery admission process now at MCPS.

MCPS is suiciding its own reputable GT program. [/quote]

I do think taking the top X% makes sense I don't think the numbers work out as well for the MCPS lotteries. TJ can do that because it's so large. They take hundreds for the incoming freshman class. MCPS could and has filled magnets with all 99th percentile kids and then had more left over. How do you differentiate between those 99th percentile kids? Should there be a lottery for the 99th percentile kids with a higher odds, and then a separate lottery for the rest? [/quote]

You are correct. Lottery among 99%ers is way much more fair and would hold these magnet programs strong. I'm fine with letting the 99%ers who are out of luck in the lottery learn a lesson that success is made by diligence, talent plus luck if their pool is made by 99%ers. But lottery for the top 15%? That's a pure power-ball game, and nothing related to talent (IQ) nor working hard.  [/quote]

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