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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't remember where I saw the stats (I believe they were posted on this board), but MCPS increased the number of seats in the center program so dramatically this year that the numbers increased for every single subgroup.  Yes, there are more URMs in the program this year, but there are also more whites and Asians than were admitted last year.  There are more FARMs students and more who aren't part of the FARMs group.  There are more children with IEPs and 504s, but there are also more kids without IEPs and 504s.  Everybody's odds of being accepted increased.  The number of previously underrepresented subgroups did not increase at anyone else's expense.  I think a full 5% of this year's 4th graders were accepted, which is about 10% of the children who were chosen for the gifted testing last year in 3rd grade.  People complain that the county doesn't give this opportunity to enough gifted children.  Other people complain that the program has been "watered down" when more children are accepted.  No matter what MCPS does, someone will find fault.[/quote]
Barnsely HGC was already huge. If they increased it there, I hope they added a whole class and not just seats in the existing classes.   Class would be huge.

I think you are talking about the pilot program in some of the ESs where they are creating "centers" within the school rather than sending the kids off to a different HGC.[/quote]

Yes, the pilot program is responsible for opening many more seats, but i believe that those 4 schools with new local centers are not sending any children to the regional centers, which in turn  opens up some additional spots for children at all the other schools.[/quote]

Cold Spring, which I consider the most competitive of all the clusters given their test scores (usually by at least 10 points), did not open any additional seats or centers.[/quote]

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