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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We received two emails directly to our email addresses (both parents), yesterday from Eastern and today from Takoma Park. Nothing has been posted anywhere in ParentVUE. We have until Monday to decide by filling out a google form.[/quote]

Wow, that’s pretty insane luck to win the lottery for both schools on a waitlist round which has presumably way fewer seats bouncing around. We were lottery losers but have a few friends who accepted spots last year. The vibe we’ve gotten is the math/sci/comp sci is great at TKPK but the other courses not so great, same spiel but the reverse for Eastern, and the kids we know all had rougher social starts to middle school than the kids who matriculated to home school middle schools. Lots of HW at Eastern. [/quote]

I have a kid at TPMS and do not agree with that assessment. The non magnet teachers are without exception excellent too.[/quote]

Same and we've been really impressed with the overall quality of the school as a whole. [/quote]

That’s great. It’s entirely possible the friends were trying to be humble/not brag to us since our child didn’t have luck with the lottery and theirs did. [/quote]

It's a great program if you happen to get in but you could easily supplement to achieve comparable math and CS. Comparable science is less available to my knowledge.[/quote][/quote]

The MCCPTA GEC FB group said that Takoma no longer offers a different science class. It is the same science class offered across MCPS, but it includes only kids in the magnet so probably is. a bit more rigorous. But it's no longer a separate curriculum. This is a real bummer for those of us with kids who really are into science.
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That’s not correct. They follow the same curriculum but they go into it in more depth and they cover it quicker, adding additional content too. You need to get that corrected and stop spreading misinformation. Reach out to the magnet coordinator to get confirmation that this is true, but it’s a math science and computer science magnet so OF COURSE the science is more advanced. The course has a different title too, it’s “magnet science” not science. The only thing I’m seats if that’s changed is that the forensics project in 7th grade is no longer part of the magnet curriculum.[/quote]

They did reach out and that’s what they were told. Confirmed by the school. The core curriculum has enrichment built in and that is the enrichment they do. That is only true for 6th grade class this year because that is where the new curriculum has been rolled out. But next year it will be 6th and 7th and the year after all three grades.  [/quote]

If that’s the case they need to tell the science teachers![/quote]

Because the science teachers definitely believe they are teaching this in more breadth and depth. [/quote]

They likely cover all the enrichment units that MCPS has added in, whereas other schools may not. But they are not doing their own thing. [/quote]

Do you actually have a kid in the program? Those of us who do know that it’s a more in depth, more rigorous curriculum.[/quote]

This is what the magnet coordinator said. That person should clarify if that is not the case. [/quote]

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