TPMS magnet

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Anonymous wrote:We would have considered the TP program, but was accepted at Eastern for our daughter and that seemed not worth it. The little bit of enhanced rigger to pull a child out of where they were already established with a similar baked in peer group compounded with a tough commute everyday. You really have to analyze what you hope to build on. While walking Eastern we were reminded that we specifically opted to avoid schools like that so it didn’t make sense to opt back in and pay a logistics premium for the privilege. TP might be better but if your home school is high achieving and your kid is well acclimated I would posture why. Just those hours of commuting every day could be spent doing extracurriculars which will pay greater dividends towards most college acceptances. If your kid is purely Academic and could use a social reset (which many could during middle school) then try it for a year and reassess.

"schools like that"? What's that supposed to mean?

It’s a variation on that old racist classic “People like you”.

Yep, more of the same...

Come on, now, be fair: I'm sure there's a decent helping of classism folded in there as well.

I mean, they so kindly went out of their way to bring in an entirely different school from the one OP asked about—when their own kid didn't even attend either Eastern or TPMS—just to be sure the OP was sufficiently warned about "schools like that."

So there is no differences in the middle schools and student bodies? Eastern isn’t that highly regarded as a whole so how should they say the differences are apparent? It should also be noted that most TP parents used the Takoma Park middle and elementary feeder status as at least part of they selection criteria for their homes. It’s disingenuous then say anyone else who did it too is racist or classist even if they did it to a different degree. There are reasons the magnets are in the eastern most middle schools and it isn’t because that’s where the highest concentrations of high achievers live.

I read the previous post as they were happy with their school coupled to the logistics made it compelling to seek enrichment in different aves. After all a magnet is just one enrichment option out of many and that is the calculus most parents make when making that decision when factoring in quality of life. Most kids would be much better suited taken an additional hour of tutoring, music, sports or dance a day than spending a 1-2 hours commuting when coming from the further away parts. If you live near by there is less to lose obviously but even then let’s not over state the impact the middle school magnets have in life outcomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We would have considered the TP program, but was accepted at Eastern for our daughter and that seemed not worth it. The little bit of enhanced rigger to pull a child out of where they were already established with a similar baked in peer group compounded with a tough commute everyday. You really have to analyze what you hope to build on. While walking Eastern we were reminded that we specifically opted to avoid schools like that so it didn’t make sense to opt back in and pay a logistics premium for the privilege. TP might be better but if your home school is high achieving and your kid is well acclimated I would posture why. Just those hours of commuting every day could be spent doing extracurriculars which will pay greater dividends towards most college acceptances. If your kid is purely Academic and could use a social reset (which many could during middle school) then try it for a year and reassess.

"schools like that"? What's that supposed to mean?

It’s a variation on that old racist classic “People like you”.

Classes full of "riggers", apparently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We would have considered the TP program, but was accepted at Eastern for our daughter and that seemed not worth it. The little bit of enhanced rigger to pull a child out of where they were already established with a similar baked in peer group compounded with a tough commute everyday. You really have to analyze what you hope to build on. While walking Eastern we were reminded that we specifically opted to avoid schools like that so it didn’t make sense to opt back in and pay a logistics premium for the privilege. TP might be better but if your home school is high achieving and your kid is well acclimated I would posture why. Just those hours of commuting every day could be spent doing extracurriculars which will pay greater dividends towards most college acceptances. If your kid is purely Academic and could use a social reset (which many could during middle school) then try it for a year and reassess.

"schools like that"? What's that supposed to mean?

It’s a variation on that old racist classic “People like you”.

Yep, more of the same...

Come on, now, be fair: I'm sure there's a decent helping of classism folded in there as well.

I mean, they so kindly went out of their way to bring in an entirely different school from the one OP asked about—when their own kid didn't even attend either Eastern or TPMS—just to be sure the OP was sufficiently warned about "schools like that."

+100
This is so true. They just cannot stay in their lanes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We would have considered the TP program, but was accepted at Eastern for our daughter and that seemed not worth it. The little bit of enhanced rigger to pull a child out of where they were already established with a similar baked in peer group compounded with a tough commute everyday. You really have to analyze what you hope to build on. While walking Eastern we were reminded that we specifically opted to avoid schools like that so it didn’t make sense to opt back in and pay a logistics premium for the privilege. TP might be better but if your home school is high achieving and your kid is well acclimated I would posture why. Just those hours of commuting every day could be spent doing extracurriculars which will pay greater dividends towards most college acceptances. If your kid is purely Academic and could use a social reset (which many could during middle school) then try it for a year and reassess.

"schools like that"? What's that supposed to mean?

It’s a variation on that old racist classic “People like you”.

Classes full of "riggers", apparently.

Sailors? Oilmen?