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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Received our letter today. DS got a spot at CCES. His MAP-R is 96 and has straight As. My son won’t be accepting his seat in the program because we’re changing school systems, so someone will move off the waitlist! 
Ironically, my oldest had the same exact student profile (scores and grades) and didn’t get in 3 years ago before they started the “lottery” system. I can’t help but think my oldest wasn’t accepted because he also had an extensive 504 plan. I have never believed the system, lottery or not, was fair. Too many deserving kids are being left behind. The enrichment at the local ES is a joke. 
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I think the 504 might count in your favor based on their point system. However, before the lottery 96% wouldn't cut it at CCES. You would likely need 99 or 98% at the lowest pre-lottery.[/quote]

I don’t think the 504 counts in your favor. My sense is that it’s neutral unless the CES teachers would not be able to provide the accommodations in it, and then that supersedes the CES offer and it’s pulled. Of course mcps won’t actually tell us the real way that piece is used/determined. There were a handful of students with 504s in the CES when my child was there fwiw.

Also, 98 percent wasn’t the lowest pre-lottery. 96 might have made it in with a solid cogat. But feeder school FARMS band mattered then too, just not as much. [/quote]

I know on their website where they list the criteria (maybe it was for middle school?). They listed things ESOL or 504 counting in your favor.[/quote]

They don’t say anything counts in your favor. They list the various student services and say that they are part of the multiple measure criteria. They do not explain beyond that. [/quote]

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