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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did not find the parents arguments for keeping the system as is in the Bethesda magazine article convincing at all. One parent mentioned how her kid got to take quantum mechanics at Blair. No one needs to take quantum mechanics in HS and if that is indeed your jam, you can take a college class for it. 
Also, parents of a 4th grader expressing concern that their kid is on track to take multivariable calculus in 9th grade and what will the kid do then. Almost no students are ready to take multivariable calculus in 9th grade. And if they are, then take the next class at MC or UMD or virtual. Public school systems are not designed to serve the tiniest of tiny percentage of outliers. There is a case for regional magnets[/quote]

I know--the parents of the 4th grader are ridiculous and sounded super entitled.  No one knows how that kid will evolve, and yes, it's easier than ever nowadays for an advanced kid to enroll into more advanced coursework online--you don't need to hold back kids in MCPS from having more advanced work out of some overly optimistic belief that you have Young Sheldon as a kid.[/quote]

Ha ha! Yes. The parents quoted in the article are completely ridiculous and undermined the entire argument to keep the existing magnet structure. Could they not find better quotes?[/quote]

Do you not think that Bethesda Magazine sets it up that way?  Have you not read many of their other articles?  They basically serve as a government mouthpiece on matters edging into local politics, whether that is with softball questions to officials or by facilitating strawman portrayals of opposition.

Of course, finding more level reporting is a rarity these days...[/quote]

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