Takoma Park MS

[Anonymous]

My child was selected. I’d love to hear pros/cons from current parents. Anyone in the magnet program with an IEP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child was selected. I’d love to hear pros/cons from current parents. Anyone in the magnet program with an IEP?

There are wayyyyyyy too many threads about TPMS in this forum. Do a search.

[Anonymous]

Hey op do you received a separate letter of acceptance at Takoma park or same letter which explained that your student was in the lottery pool for math and humanities. Plz reply

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey op do you received a separate letter of acceptance at Takoma park or same letter which explained that your student was in the lottery pool for math and humanities. Plz reply

Not OP, but the same letter that tells you that your child got placed in the lottery, will tell you that your child got a spot.

[Anonymous]

My son is current 8th grader in TPMS Magnet now. He does not have an IEP - so I can't comment about that. Overall he has had a great experience. There are a few teachers that are just 'meh' even in the magnet program. He has not found the classes super hard, and has gotten pretty much straight As. Homework has been reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Look for the recent thread on all the changes that will weaken the magnet experience. The current principal does not support the magnet, has precipitated the departure of some excellent magnet teaching staff and is reducing the number of electives kids can take making it a much less attractive option for most families.

[Anonymous]

There a couple scenarios where it makes sense sending your kid to a magnet schools
1) not a good fit with the local kids and not accepted or bullied
2) you are in a cluster you are not happy with
3) you are all in on sending your higher SES kid to a poorer district to assist with load balancing the school district’s averages
4) you are vigorously working your kids resume for elite colleges and they are not elite in other traditional things like extracurriculars, legacies or wealth.

If you don’t hit on one or more of those it isn’t really worth it. If your kid is accepted and well adjusted while flourishing in a strong school why bother ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There a couple scenarios where it makes sense sending your kid to a magnet schools
1) not a good fit with the local kids and not accepted or bullied
2) you are in a cluster you are not happy with
3) you are all in on sending your higher SES kid to a poorer district to assist with load balancing the school district’s averages
4) you are vigorously working your kids resume for elite colleges and they are not elite in other traditional things like extracurriculars, legacies or wealth.

If you don’t hit on one or more of those it isn’t really worth it. If your kid is accepted and well adjusted while flourishing in a strong school why bother ?

1 also happens at magnets.

DC would end up with 2 after MS unless accepted at a HS magnet outside of their cluster.

3 🙄

4 is marginal, but there is

5) the magnet, itself, is a fit for DC's interests and abilities, offering programming that DC would relish but that doesn't have a reasonably close equivalent at the local school.