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Clearly their kid wasn't an outlier as far as MCPS was concerned or they'd be in the program. More likely they're bright but one of many similar kids at a fine middle school. I'm told the enriched class are wonderful.[/quote]

I completely disagree.
The new process is designed to pick up diverse group of kids (using the broadest definition which also includes gender and geographic diversity) who are academically strong who would benefit from a different approach to education. It picked up a lot of kids who might have been left out in the past. Success. It is failing a lot of kids who may need this type of education, and may be stronger academically than the ones who were picked.

I support universal screening. There were a lot of disadvantages to the old application process but it did account for one thing that the process today does not account for which is motivation and parents knowing if their kid needs something else. My child has really enjoyed the magnet programs but I know there are kids at the neighborhood school who might "need" it more. In the old system they would have applied and teachers would have recommended them as needing more. That's been taken out of the equation.

Before you jump on me about bias in teacher recommendations, I'm well aware. That system was not perfect either but I am just acknowledging there are some kids who actually need these programs who are not able to access them. [/quote]

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