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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How would it only be a few schools that don't have a whole class of qualified kids?  The current program is design for the top 5ish percent.  Takes a couple of kids per school.  An expansion to include a whole class at most schools is a completely different program[/quote]

Everyone on here constantly complains that their gifted child isn't getting what they need and very few make it to HGC.   There is even a statistic thrown around that 40% of MCPS is considered gifted.  So maybe they are trying to open HGC up to more qualified students.[/quote]

There is a very discernable difference between gifted and highly gifted.  All too often parents hear [i]gifted[/i] and think [b]HGC[/b].  Increasing the number of gifted students in the HGC would dilute the cohort.  [/quote]

I mean, yes, but there is very little differentiation in the home schools right now.  Parents want HGC because there's basically no programming for gifted kids who aren't in the HGCs.  So you have interventions for the bottom 10% or so, [b]then a great undifferentiated mass between for the 85-87% of kids who are neither in the bottom group nor in the HGCs[/b]. [/quote]

We both understand this is public school, right?[/quote]

Programs within public schools like those offered at Blair or TJ exceed any private offerings. For example, there are no private schools with close to the percentage of national merit finalists as Blair's magnet students. Public schools are fine. The goal is to provide the best opportunity for everyone, but presently this is not accomplished since the children in the middle are largely ignored.

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