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Anonymous wrote:Why does the immersion have a sibling link but not any of the choice magnets? Aren't those lottery based, too?

Which choice magnets? There was a family in our neighborhood who had all three of her boys at the aerospace technology magnet program at Parkland. I highly doubt that all three of them got in through a random lottery.

Choice MS magnets have sibling preference.

All choice MS magnets? I didn't know this.

I don't think sibling preference is fair. You could potentially have one year where almost no one without a sibling link can get in. It should be an individual lottery, not family lottery.

So? Each year, most kids who want to get in won't get in. Whether you won't get in because your particular lottery number wasn't randomly chosen or because you don't have the sibling preference doesn't really make a difference. Having the sibling preference provides a benefit to the program and the families by enriching the sense of community and allowing families with more than one child in the program to speak the language at home to each other. Not having the preference doesn't provide a benefit to the program. It just lets other families in the county feel like it's more "fair." Maybe I might have a different opinion if my child had applied to the program, but I have no dog in this fight, so this is just my objective opinion about it.

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Anonymous wrote:It's crazy to me that your kid is just given a seat because your older child won the lottery years ago. Makes no sense and is absurdly unfair.

What? So she should take her kids to 2 or more different schools every day? Try to be involved in 2 different communities because of a lottery? So glad I'm in private!!!!

We've had kids come from private.

remediation . . . and plenty of it

I would not begrudge you for taking the spot.

It's the system not you.

This program in this county is so ridiculous. They need to reinvent the wheel.

Of course you should take the spot! There are so many snarky parents opposed to the sibling link it is shocking. As one previous poster said, eliminating the sibling like doesn't give more kids access to the program, just more families. That might sound good to those unfamiliar with the immersion program, but it basically "thins" out the immersion experience for children and their families. In the end it will diminish each family's experience and provide fewer opportunities in the home to use the language.

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Anonymous wrote:It's crazy to me that your kid is just given a seat because your older child won the lottery years ago. Makes no sense and is absurdly unfair.

What? So she should take her kids to 2 or more different schools every day? Try to be involved in 2 different communities because of a lottery? So glad I'm in private!!!!

But that is the choice to be made. If two schools is a hardship then go to where you are zoned for.

Check out this joker's case. Talk about feeling entitled:
http://marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/A6C6BF4E-F762-4490-AA41-B4C5611461A5/9357/NATHANANTILA.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:So just wondering how you feel about parents who accept the sibling preference spots. So much animosity on here about the sibling link and its unfairness - do you think parents who are in that situation should reject the spot? Or do you not blame them for taking it? Or what?

You are making the best academic/life choice for your child given your situation. No apologies necessary. This debate is largely about jealousy. Stay strong. Immersion has so many advantages, you will not be disappointed

No, I don't get what the fuss is about. If your kid gets into Harvard and mine doesn't I might have a problem (kidding). You don't have to have your kid in an immersion language to have your kid be bilingual. I speak three languages. Never did an immersion program. Both OP and PP need to get over themselves. Nobody is jealous because you kid is learning to speak another language. Billions of people can do that. The issue with each round the odds are never that same. You never know how many seats are taken up. What if you apply in a year with all seats open and your neighbor applies in a year where only three seats are open. Are you so stupid you can't see the problem people would have would that. Not blaming the the OP, the county is at fault. I don't have dog in this fight my kids are older. I do however have a strong sense of what's equitable.

Anonymous wrote:So just wondering how you feel about parents who accept the sibling preference spots. So much animosity on here about the sibling link and its unfairness - do you think parents who are in that situation should reject the spot? Or do you not blame them for taking it? Or what?

You are making the best academic/life choice for your child given your situation. No apologies necessary. This debate is largely about jealousy. Stay strong. Immersion has so many advantages, you will not be disappointed

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Anonymous wrote:It's crazy to me that your kid is just given a seat because your older child won the lottery years ago. Makes no sense and is absurdly unfair.

What? So she should take her kids to 2 or more different schools every day? Try to be involved in 2 different communities because of a lottery? So glad I'm in private!!!!

many parents do this. I have one in a magnet, and another that is not. Parents have the option to NOT put their kids in different schools if it bothers them that much. But many parents would rather have this problem -- one kid in a magnet or immersion - than not.

Why did you click on this link if your kid is in private? Just lurking? I'll lurk in the private school forum and make snarky comments in there... like the topic about how the parents with money from some fancy private school got out of trouble, something about giving alcohol to minors. Nice.

PP here again, you have NO IDEA what kind of trouble money can get you out of in fancy private schools. I am so tempted to spill the beans on this one but I won't. Keep posting your snarky comments

Anonymous wrote:My first thought about you was:
"What's RCF?"
I live in Montgomery County.

I've lived in MoCo 40+ years, and didn't know either till my kids hit school age. And yet the program fills, with a wait list in the hundreds.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy to me that your kid is just given a seat because your older child won the lottery years ago. Makes no sense and is absurdly unfair.

What? So she should take her kids to 2 or more different schools every day? Try to be involved in 2 different communities because of a lottery? So glad I'm in private!!!!

many parents do this. I have one in a magnet, and another that is not. Parents have the option to NOT put their kids in different schools if it bothers them that much. But many parents would rather have this problem -- one kid in a magnet or immersion - than not.

Why did you click on this link if your kid is in private? Just lurking? I'll lurk in the private school forum and make snarky comments in there... like the topic about how the parents with money from some fancy private school got out of trouble, something about giving alcohol to minors. Nice.

NP here. You sound really bitter.

No, she totally nailed it. Your bitter remark is weak response for what is a great argument. Why not respond to that?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does the immersion have a sibling link but not any of the choice magnets? Aren't those lottery based, too?

Which choice magnets? There was a family in our neighborhood who had all three of her boys at the aerospace technology magnet program at Parkland. I highly doubt that all three of them got in through a random lottery.

Choice MS magnets have sibling preference.

All choice MS magnets? I didn't know this.

I don't think sibling preference is fair. You could potentially have one year where almost no one without a sibling link can get in. It should be an individual lottery, not family lottery.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy to me that your kid is just given a seat because your older child won the lottery years ago. Makes no sense and is absurdly unfair.

What? So she should take her kids to 2 or more different schools every day? Try to be involved in 2 different communities because of a lottery? So glad I'm in private!!!!

many parents do this. I have one in a magnet, and another that is not. Parents have the option to NOT put their kids in different schools if it bothers them that much. But many parents would rather have this problem -- one kid in a magnet or immersion - than not.

Why did you click on this link if your kid is in private? Just lurking? I'll lurk in the private school forum and make snarky comments in there... like the topic about how the parents with money from some fancy private school got out of trouble, something about giving alcohol to minors. Nice.

NP here. You sound really bitter.

PP here. No, why would I be bitter? My kids never applied to any immersion program; no desire to. The one magnet program that DC applied to, DC got in. And I have no desire to send my kids to private.

You're smarter than the PP too. Living in MCPS and you are literally throwing away money if you send your kids to a private. Dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy to me that your kid is just given a seat because your older child won the lottery years ago. Makes no sense and is absurdly unfair.

What? So she should take her kids to 2 or more different schools every day? Try to be involved in 2 different communities because of a lottery? So glad I'm in private!!!!

many parents do this. I have one in a magnet, and another that is not. Parents have the option to NOT put their kids in different schools if it bothers them that much. But many parents would rather have this problem -- one kid in a magnet or immersion - than not.

Why did you click on this link if your kid is in private? Just lurking? I'll lurk in the private school forum and make snarky comments in there... like the topic about how the parents with money from some fancy private school got out of trouble, something about giving alcohol to minors. Nice.

PP here: I'm sure many parents do. But wouldn't you rather have both in the same? I wasn't "lurking", it came up in the "most recent" newsfeed.

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Anonymous wrote:Why does the immersion have a sibling link but not any of the choice magnets? Aren't those lottery based, too?

Which choice magnets? There was a family in our neighborhood who had all three of her boys at the aerospace technology magnet program at Parkland. I highly doubt that all three of them got in through a random lottery.

Choice MS magnets have sibling preference.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy to me that your kid is just given a seat because your older child won the lottery years ago. Makes no sense and is absurdly unfair.

What? So she should take her kids to 2 or more different schools every day? Try to be involved in 2 different communities because of a lottery? So glad I'm in private!!!!

many parents do this. I have one in a magnet, and another that is not. Parents have the option to NOT put their kids in different schools if it bothers them that much. But many parents would rather have this problem -- one kid in a magnet or immersion - than not.

Why did you click on this link if your kid is in private? Just lurking? I'll lurk in the private school forum and make snarky comments in there... like the topic about how the parents with money from some fancy private school got out of trouble, something about giving alcohol to minors. Nice.

NP here. You sound really bitter.

PP here. No, why would I be bitter? My kids never applied to any immersion program; no desire to. The one magnet program that DC applied to, DC got in. And I have no desire to send my kids to private.