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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the regional CES programs could still be beneficial at lower performing schools. This particular one just doesn't seem to make sense anymore and it really doesn't justify the cost of those teachers.
There's no way CCES needs a local program. They have terrific teachers who are not part of the program and that school has a great number of high performing kids. If anything I think getting rid of the CES from there would be beneficial to the school. There has always been tension and resentment between the local kids and the CES kids.[/quote]

I don’t know if this tension/resentment narrative between the kids is actually fair or true. My sense is there are some parents of local kids who are high performing and capable but maybe not quite at the cut off level of MAPs the CES used to use. These families don’t even have access to ELC as of now and so they are frustrated seeing the magnet kids get curriculum their kids could likely handle and benefit from. I’d be annoyed and frustrated in that situation too. But I really don’t think there’s any issues at all between the kids. They mix at recess and in band, etc.

I disagree that they should get rid of the program. Then no one gets the accelerated and enriched programming? We can debate how they should determine eligibility and clearly not many are fans of this lottery. But actual gifted children do learn differently and their needs aren’t just automatically met by virtue of attending a neighborhood school in Bethesda or CC. [/quote]

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