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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Sorry but that is not what MCPS wants and that is not what the BOE wants for the definition of the magnet programs.

7. My child’s scores for the various criteria are in the 90+ percentiles and/or higher levels, why did my child not get selected? 
This year, the process looked at all grade five students. This provided information about your student’s performance in addition to their academic peer group. This process considered over 6,900 Grade 5 students. Your child, while high performing, may have an academic peer group at the local school and may not have emerged an outlier within the group

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/.../middle/Magnet%20FAQs%202019(7).pdf

If you are not happy or not agree, (a) inform the BOE members and (b) use your vote (and your friends' votes) to change the BOE members in the upcoming elections[/quote]

WILD APPLAUSE.

Yes, MCPS is moving away from a system that relies on a child having received significant instruction above grade level in order to access the magnet program. Yes, that means that some kids will arrive at the magnet with the raw potential, but not the exposure, of another child in the magnet.

THAT'S FINE.

That is in fact preferable to a system that can only be accessed if you *already* have all of the resources available.

If that bothers you, please advocate for more above-grade-level instruction in high-needs schools, so that your precious kids won't be held back when those children are in a classroom with them at the magnet. [/quote]

You're nuts. My kids who went to CES and the older one who went to Eastern did not get a single day of outside instruction of any kind in order to access the magnet program. The same is true for the vast majority of their peers from what I can tell in discussing with parents. These kids are objectively very, very smart, not coached within an inch of their lives. It's total BS to assume that all kids in magnet programs have been coached to get there. What the cohort system means is that kids who have done extremely well -- WITHOUT coaching -- are being denied access to the magnet programs that they need to reach their potential and thrive. The resources they have available are educated parents and books at home, not Kumon and Mathnasium and Dr. Li or whoever else.

The answer is not to change the selection system -- it's to make the magnet curricula (and associated teacher training) available to all kids who would benefit from them. Make the pie bigger -- don't change the system because you assume that kids who are top scorers are spending every waking hour getting coached or prepped. That's nonsense and unfair to those kids.[/quote]

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