Anonymous
11/17/2023 14:47
Subject: Lottery system
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am curious if are they 100% lottery based? Do they put student info. into computer system, and selected are picked randomly from AI? I have been wondering if someone's parents are active school volunteer, teacher recommendation, kids are really struggling with boring curriculum or really gifted (>130 from some outside testing) or other such other factors may increase the chances under lottery system?
The parent of one of the students who got selected for our CES is very involved in PTA and school volunteering. That child is definitely not top 2% and I am suspicious there was favoritism. I know CES and other magnet programs are not only for the top 2% (though they should be) but I find it interesting why that child got picked. I don’t think it is a random lottery.
I'd often thought the same thing since every PTA mom or parent who also works for MCPS had their kid selected. I think it's supposed to be a blind process but I think there are always a few extra spots that they can fill directly. At ours I had heard there were 26 spots but later there were 29 in the class.
Anonymous
11/17/2023 14:44
Subject: Lottery system
Anonymous wrote:What do you do if your kid receives the letters being identified as gifted and talented but consistently not being selected for the gifted program? It's OK for the 3rd grade, but by middle school, classes became boring. What do you do to help your kid thrive? MoCo is backward.
There isn't a gifted program in MCPS.