Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please realize these classes are already on the Middle School Course selection and have been for several years. So this is not new.

not new for test-in magnets

new for "the unwashed masses"

Get the difference?

No, these are standard class descriptions from Pyle as in Pyle for the past several years. That is not a test-in magnet nor is it new. Get it now?

Well, it is not in my kids middle school class descriptions. Are Pyle kids taking these classes now?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So are they not going to do anything for the upcounty students? Does anyone know?

Presumably they will wait to see how the downcounty pilot program goes this year before expanding to upcounty. That's how the changes to the CES worked -- pilot area last year, all schools this year.

Once again, Northern Hinterlands gets screwed. Never anything for our kids.

Upcounty has the same magnet process as before, which many parents preferred.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please realize these classes are already on the Middle School Course selection and have been for several years. So this is not new.

not new for test-in magnets

new for "the unwashed masses"

Get the difference?

No, these are standard class descriptions from Pyle as in Pyle for the past several years. That is not a test-in magnet nor is it new. Get it now?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So are they not going to do anything for the upcounty students? Does anyone know?

Presumably they will wait to see how the downcounty pilot program goes this year before expanding to upcounty. That's how the changes to the CES worked -- pilot area last year, all schools this year.

Once again, Northern Hinterlands gets screwed. Never anything for our kids.

It's simply another tracking device for kids. I will bite as my kid is bored in Compacted Math and takes science courses to get enrichment. But, her middle school is not listed.

Anonymous wrote:So are they not going to do anything for the upcounty students? Does anyone know?

Presumably they will wait to see how the downcounty pilot program goes this year before expanding to upcounty. That's how the changes to the CES worked -- pilot area last year, all schools this year.

So are they not going to do anything for the upcounty students? Does anyone know?

As a parent of a child who was informed that "your child has a cohort of peers at their school" after MCPS global testing ; I hope for the best but plan on nothing changing but the title of class. MCPS and sets of parents is so worried about hurting feelings instead of focusing on teaching the child.

And you bought this load of crap? Good luck!

Anonymous wrote:but I can't wait to hear that all children at XXXX MS qualified for the magnet...

Sorry not magnet but special class. Might not happen this year but it will happen..

but I can't wait to hear that all children at XXXX MS qualified for the magnet...

Better than nothing! Sadly, my son in already in 7th grade at one of those schools and will miss it.

Long overdue. My child suffered through sloooooooooooow middle school math— bored out of her mind.

Those course descriptions sound like the actual implementation of those courses in the Middle School Magnets. (I've had one child in the MSCS program, and one in the Hum program.) The point of the magnets is to pull together a cohort of like-minded, fast paced students, and offer them the opportunity to engage with content in a different, more in-depth way. If the local middle schools create separate classes for those students, they should be able to engage with the enhanced magnet curriculum. Training the teachers is going to be the most important thing IMO.

Anonymous wrote:Please realize these classes are already on the Middle School Course selection and have been for several years. So this is not new.

not new for test-in magnets

new for "the unwashed masses"

Get the difference?