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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I see you’ve got it figured out! Lol

Seriously, there is no problem with the above happening. If it would even happen like you say. Like you said it already happens to some extent. I mean, if you want to do this for your child go ahead. I don’t think it’s best but I also don’t think weekend math classes are best.

The fact that this plan upsets you in particular is probably a mark in its favor. —np[/quote]

Where in my post did I say this upset me? My child is zoned for Carson at his ES so we don't have to move. We did not choose our house based on the MS or HS, we did choose it based on the ES. We had no clue about TJ when we were buying a house. I would be surprised if my DS wants to attend TJ but we have a bunch of years to go before we might have to worry about making that choice.

I was just laying out how people can game the system if the system is changed to a percentage of seats from each Middle School. If I can do it with about 5 minutes of thought, I suspect that parents who are willing to send their kids to math tutoring before kindergarten and test prep classes in first and second grade will have it figured out.

[quote]If these kids do this, then there will be more higher level classes offered, which will benefit the base students. [/quote]

The kids whose parents "move" to attend a specific MS in order to game the system are going to be kids whose parents made sure that they are in AAP. They will "move" to a MS that has AAP or an AAP Center that they can attend. They will join the existing AAP population. This will not lead to more advanced classes for the kids who are already there. It will increase the number of kids in the existing AAP program and cost the local kids the change to attend TJ because they will have a growth in the number of kids whose parents are gaming the system.

[b]Essentially, a shift to school percentages for TJ will simply spread out the kids who are already moving to the area to attend Carson and other feeder MS. Those kids will attend their new MS AAP program but are not really going to be members of the community. I don't know how that will make things better for the MS except by improving the SOL scores for those schools.[/quote][/b]

Um. Yeah. This is the point. You got there. Well done.

This is a good thing. You are upset because it might screw you down the line at Carson. And I love how mom of 2nd grader feels the need to tell us she has no idea if he will go to TJ. Thanks for that info. Helpful. [/quote]

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