Blair magnet

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

At present, there is no expansion of "local norming" to the HS magnet admission process. It does exist at the lower grades, but the impact is negligible at the CES level as those programs are already regional in nature.

So, there's actually no disadvantage to applying for the HS magnet coming from a BCC feeder. If you happened to be a genuinely poor person who had scraped together all you could afford for a rent-controlled apartment in Bethesda, however, you would get special consideration as a person who qualifies for FARMS.

A few years back I remember they announced something like expanding the RM IB program to 3 additional more regional schools that would ultimately replace RM IB at least that's how it sounded. I figured that would likely happen with the STEM magnet too. I mean it isn't local morning exactly but had a similar effect while expanding these programs. Maybe covid delayed this or they changed their minds.

There have been 2 stem magnets for a while. Not saying they could not have more but it is still more than the1 IB magnet.

Well, Poolseville is so far far from most places in the county that most people don't really consider it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

At present, there is no expansion of "local norming" to the HS magnet admission process. It does exist at the lower grades, but the impact is negligible at the CES level as those programs are already regional in nature.

So, there's actually no disadvantage to applying for the HS magnet coming from a BCC feeder. If you happened to be a genuinely poor person who had scraped together all you could afford for a rent-controlled apartment in Bethesda, however, you would get special consideration as a person who qualifies for FARMS.

A few years back I remember they announced something like expanding the RM IB program to 3 additional more regional schools that would ultimately replace RM IB at least that's how it sounded. I figured that would likely happen with the STEM magnet too. I mean it isn't local morning exactly but had a similar effect while expanding these programs. Maybe covid delayed this or they changed their minds.

I don't know if they'll split the STEM magnet, but the Wheato biomedical engineering magnet is relatively new and seems well-regarded in terms of the experience/college placement of the kids admitted.

There are actually a lot of good opportunities for bright motivated kids at the HS level, whether in AP/IB classes in their home schools or in specialized magnets for kids who have already drilled down to specific interests. We are pretty lucky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

At present, there is no expansion of "local norming" to the HS magnet admission process. It does exist at the lower grades, but the impact is negligible at the CES level as those programs are already regional in nature.

So, there's actually no disadvantage to applying for the HS magnet coming from a BCC feeder. If you happened to be a genuinely poor person who had scraped together all you could afford for a rent-controlled apartment in Bethesda, however, you would get special consideration as a person who qualifies for FARMS.

A few years back I remember they announced something like expanding the RM IB program to 3 additional more regional schools that would ultimately replace RM IB at least that's how it sounded. I figured that would likely happen with the STEM magnet too. I mean it isn't local morning exactly but had a similar effect while expanding these programs. Maybe covid delayed this or they changed their minds.

There have been 2 stem magnets for a while. Not saying they could not have more but it is still more than the1 IB magnet.

Well, Poolseville is so far far from most places in the county that most people don't really consider it.

I have been wondering for a while how biased this forum is toward inside or just outside the beltway parts of the county. Thanks for making it clear!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

At present, there is no expansion of "local norming" to the HS magnet admission process. It does exist at the lower grades, but the impact is negligible at the CES level as those programs are already regional in nature.

So, there's actually no disadvantage to applying for the HS magnet coming from a BCC feeder. If you happened to be a genuinely poor person who had scraped together all you could afford for a rent-controlled apartment in Bethesda, however, you would get special consideration as a person who qualifies for FARMS.

Not quite true. There are higher income sending schools and middle income sending schools even for the Chevy Chase CES but when they introduced the local norming they did take some of the impact of it away a bit by moving one of the Ws into CCES CES as opposed to the Barnsley CES where they were taking spots away from lower income elementaries. This way the the CCES CES had BCC, and most of the Ws so students were only competing with each other for spots and minimizing the number of kids from high SES schools in the other CESes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

At present, there is no expansion of "local norming" to the HS magnet admission process. It does exist at the lower grades, but the impact is negligible at the CES level as those programs are already regional in nature.

So, there's actually no disadvantage to applying for the HS magnet coming from a BCC feeder. If you happened to be a genuinely poor person who had scraped together all you could afford for a rent-controlled apartment in Bethesda, however, you would get special consideration as a person who qualifies for FARMS.

A few years back I remember they announced something like expanding the RM IB program to 3 additional more regional schools that would ultimately replace RM IB at least that's how it sounded. I figured that would likely happen with the STEM magnet too. I mean it isn't local morning exactly but had a similar effect while expanding these programs. Maybe covid delayed this or they changed their minds.

There have been 2 stem magnets for a while. Not saying they could not have more but it is still more than the1 IB magnet.

Well, Poolseville is so far far from most places in the county that most people don't really consider it.

I have been wondering for a while how biased this forum is toward inside or just outside the beltway parts of the county. Thanks for making it clear!

Poolesville is like an hour drive from inside the beltway so I wouldn't classify it as just outside the beltway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

At present, there is no expansion of "local norming" to the HS magnet admission process. It does exist at the lower grades, but the impact is negligible at the CES level as those programs are already regional in nature.

So, there's actually no disadvantage to applying for the HS magnet coming from a BCC feeder. If you happened to be a genuinely poor person who had scraped together all you could afford for a rent-controlled apartment in Bethesda, however, you would get special consideration as a person who qualifies for FARMS.

Not quite true. There are higher income sending schools and middle income sending schools even for the Chevy Chase CES but when they introduced the local norming they did take some of the impact of it away a bit by moving one of the Ws into CCES CES as opposed to the Barnsley CES where they were taking spots away from lower income elementaries. This way the the CCES CES had BCC, and most of the Ws so students were only competing with each other for spots and minimizing the number of kids from high SES schools in the other CESes.

The savagery of making the wealthy students compete amongst each other!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

At present, there is no expansion of "local norming" to the HS magnet admission process. It does exist at the lower grades, but the impact is negligible at the CES level as those programs are already regional in nature.

So, there's actually no disadvantage to applying for the HS magnet coming from a BCC feeder. If you happened to be a genuinely poor person who had scraped together all you could afford for a rent-controlled apartment in Bethesda, however, you would get special consideration as a person who qualifies for FARMS.

Not quite true. There are higher income sending schools and middle income sending schools even for the Chevy Chase CES but when they introduced the local norming they did take some of the impact of it away a bit by moving one of the Ws into CCES CES as opposed to the Barnsley CES where they were taking spots away from lower income elementaries. This way the the CCES CES had BCC, and most of the Ws so students were only competing with each other for spots and minimizing the number of kids from high SES schools in the other CESes.

The savagery of making the wealthy students compete amongst each other!

Well, many parents also seem to believe that sending their children to these good schools confer an advantage so much so they pay hundreds of thousands more for real-estate zoned to them so I guess it all evens out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

At present, there is no expansion of "local norming" to the HS magnet admission process. It does exist at the lower grades, but the impact is negligible at the CES level as those programs are already regional in nature.

So, there's actually no disadvantage to applying for the HS magnet coming from a BCC feeder. If you happened to be a genuinely poor person who had scraped together all you could afford for a rent-controlled apartment in Bethesda, however, you would get special consideration as a person who qualifies for FARMS.

A few years back I remember they announced something like expanding the RM IB program to 3 additional more regional schools that would ultimately replace RM IB at least that's how it sounded. I figured that would likely happen with the STEM magnet too. I mean it isn't local morning exactly but had a similar effect while expanding these programs. Maybe covid delayed this or they changed their minds.

There have been 2 stem magnets for a while. Not saying they could not have more but it is still more than the1 IB magnet.

Well, Poolseville is so far far from most places in the county that most people don't really consider it.

I have been wondering for a while how biased this forum is toward inside or just outside the beltway parts of the county. Thanks for making it clear!

That's not bias. It's geographic reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

At present, there is no expansion of "local norming" to the HS magnet admission process. It does exist at the lower grades, but the impact is negligible at the CES level as those programs are already regional in nature.

So, there's actually no disadvantage to applying for the HS magnet coming from a BCC feeder. If you happened to be a genuinely poor person who had scraped together all you could afford for a rent-controlled apartment in Bethesda, however, you would get special consideration as a person who qualifies for FARMS.

A few years back I remember they announced something like expanding the RM IB program to 3 additional more regional schools that would ultimately replace RM IB at least that's how it sounded. I figured that would likely happen with the STEM magnet too. I mean it isn't local morning exactly but had a similar effect while expanding these programs. Maybe covid delayed this or they changed their minds.

There have been 2 stem magnets for a while. Not saying they could not have more but it is still more than the1 IB magnet.

Well, Poolseville is so far far from most places in the county that most people don't really consider it.

Poolesville STEM feeds from 9 MCPS clusters. Blair feeds from the other 16. You can either apply to one or the other depending on where you live. Many people apply!

[Anonymous]

Poolesville is a fine school. The thing is 90% of the county's population is nowhere near there so just doesn't give it much thought.

[Anonymous]

My child recently started at Blair Magnet. More magnet students come from outside the DCC than from inside the DCC, with the 20854, 20850, and 20878 zip codes most heavily represented. Also, there are more magnet students from the Bethesda zip codes than from the zip codes that comprise Blair's home area (20912, 20901, 20910)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child recently started at Blair Magnet. More magnet students come from outside the DCC than from inside the DCC, with the 20854, 20850, and 20878 zip codes most heavily represented. Also, there are more magnet students from the Bethesda zip codes than from the zip codes that comprise Blair's home area (20912, 20901, 20910)

A few years ago I remember this was published and the vast majority were from the DCC. In fact, over 50% came from TPMS which is one of its feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child recently started at Blair Magnet. More magnet students come from outside the DCC than from inside the DCC, with the 20854, 20850, and 20878 zip codes most heavily represented. Also, there are more magnet students from the Bethesda zip codes than from the zip codes that comprise Blair's home area (20912, 20901, 20910)

A few years ago I remember this was published and the vast majority were from the DCC. In fact, over 50% came from TPMS which is one of its feeders.

Very funny, but the PP is just also making stuff up. They'd have provided a citation if their info was credible, and although they'd like to believe it's true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville is a fine school. The thing is 90% of the county's population is nowhere near there so just doesn't give it much thought.

You may want to keep your eye out for places called Gaithersburg, Germantown, and Clarksburg. I wasn’t actually going to post a reply, but I found this website and these graphics are amazing. Just keep scrolling. Someone deserves major kudos!

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=f02d34e190f54db4bd1d584b94a8482c

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child recently started at Blair Magnet. More magnet students come from outside the DCC than from inside the DCC, with the 20854, 20850, and 20878 zip codes most heavily represented. Also, there are more magnet students from the Bethesda zip codes than from the zip codes that comprise Blair's home area (20912, 20901, 20910)

A few years ago I remember this was published and the vast majority were from the DCC. In fact, over 50% came from TPMS which is one of its feeders.

Very funny, but the PP is just also making stuff up. They'd have provided a citation if their info was credible, and although they'd like to believe it's true.

The confusion is that some of the TP Magnet kids are also from Bethesda. My kid was in Blair SMAC. I have no idea what the numbers were but we gave her an awful lot of rides to kids houses in Bethesda.