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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM is so nice right now without all the trolls. [/quote]

We have at least 4 right now. Maybe I'm missing one.

1) lottery troll
2) restorative justice troll
3) SRO troll
4) anti-vax anti-mask troll

Items 2, 3, 4 are just crazy-town. Not really thrilled about the lottery but it's also not the end of the world.[/quote]

For the children who could have been world-class competitors, it certainly didn't do them any favors.  Montgomery County is not in a bubble.  Either the children are ready for global competition, or they are not.  If you think a lottery will make any difference, you're wrong.  If anything it will increase the equity difference.

[b]Before the lottery, kids knew that only the absolute best were selected.  If a kid worked hard or was a savant, they won the golden ticket.  It meant something.

Now the Magnet program is nothing but a Las Vegas casino, and just as tacky.  The Magnet program now teaches to the class anchors.  This only breeds resentment amongst peers and demoralizes the students dragging everyone else behind.  In the mean time, the local CES now have the majority of high-flyers.  The parents who can are just paying for tutors, special program classes, and other things that leapfrog their children ahead of the others.
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And the assessment is off.  You forgot a few trolls as well.  "The only reason why kids get 99+ on CogAT and get into the Magnet program is because the parents send the kid to prep courses troll", or "the crazy boundary maps look fine troll", or the MCPS "Everything is Awesome" troll?

You can ignore these threads if they bother you that much.  Parents want to talk about this.  If you want to make a point - make it - or move on.
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This year's 4th and 6th graders are the only magnet students to have gone through the lottery process, and they're in their first semester of in-person school since the middle of 2nd / 4th grade.  So maybe, just maybe, you're overreacting a bit?  Or making some unreasonable assumptions?  Just a thought.[/quote]

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