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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder perhaps if it is also an issue of getting the word out to minority parents.

I just attended the HGC meeting at Kennedy High School.  [b]Every child who received a letter about the meeting had been identified at GT. [/b] The audience was filled with minorities - kids who were in the top of their class - so it should not be hard to fill enough slots.

I just find it hard to believe that somehow by the end of 5th grade, the large pool of GT minority students disappears and MCPS has to pick kids without the credentials.

Maybe parents aren't as informed about the middle school options.  Sometimes, in households with parents who do not speak the language, without a letter, the parent may not be aware of what is going on?   My child is part Latino but we are in an English speaking household and I am type A and affirmatively research my options.  I know my child has classmates who are bright but whose parents are not as informed.  Without a GT letter, I can see many of them missing the HGC application.  So without a middle school magnet letter, they may not be applying in enough numbers for MCPS to get a good pool or at least feel like not all populations in the county are aware of the programs.

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I thought all third grade families received the application and not just those identified?  [/quote]

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