Silver Springs schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
They do go to "go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein" because those are specialized programs that cater to their specialized talents. No one in their right mind would move to Blair or Eistein from a "W" school for any other reason. Take a look at the Mathews rankings. See how low Blair ranks? 50th!!! Even with the magnet and CAP.

Sure those rankings are based on AP and IB. Sure, there is more to education than AP & IB. Unfortunately, those are the rankings schools and Realtors tout.

You may personally know 5 classmates from TPMS going to Blair. Blair takes a whole lotta magnet students from TPMS. Oops, I almost forgot that Johnson was Principal at TPMS before she went over to Blair.

Anyway, look at the WaPo rankings and make up your own minds.

Diversity may trump education for some. For others it just does not.

Shorter PP -- I believe that SES is catching.

(The W schools in MCPS are Watkins Mill, Wheaton, Whitman, and Wootton. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/#school_list )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And yes, I do personally know 5 classmates who used to be with my kid (at Takoma) going to Blair. If Whitman is so superior to everyone else, why do a lot of their kids go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein? Obviously they don't have everything or no one would go elsewhere. And you know what, the 'real world' is diverse!

They do go to "go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein" because those are specialized programs that cater to their specialized talents. No one in their right mind would move to Blair or Eistein from a "W" school for any other reason. Take a look at the Mathews rankings. See how low Blair ranks? 50th!!! Even with the magnet and CAP.

Sure those rankings are based on AP and IB. Sure, there is more to education than AP & IB. Unfortunately, those are the rankings schools and Realtors tout.

You may personally know 5 classmates from TPMS going to Blair. Blair takes a whole lotta magnet students from TPMS. Oops, I almost forgot that Johnson was Principal at TPMS before she went over to Blair.

Anyway, look at the WaPo rankings and make up your own minds.

Diversity may trump education for some. For others it just does not.

If 5 or 500 kids go to Blair, what difference does it make to you? Seriously!! If you send your kids to the school that best suits them, why do you care if someone made a different choice that works for them? And if they made a different choice what is in it for you to slam it...it's just not what works for you... why does that make it fodder for being denigrated and torn down?

Th OP said she/he knew 5 kids who would have gone to Whitman choosing the Blair magnet. The point is that most from TPMS go to Blair because they have no other choice if they want to stay in the magnet program. Just loosen up.

[Anonymous]

1 Saint Anselm's Abbey (P) Washington DC 95.50 7.605
2 Washington International School (P) Washington DC 100.00 7.311
3 H-B Woodlawn Arlington VA 74.00 18.00 6.590
4 Poolesville Poolesville MD 76.00 6.00 6.261
5 Richard Montgomery Rockville MD 65.00 21.00 5.654
6 Yorktown Arlington VA 71.60 15.20 5.462
7 School Without Walls Washington DC 84.00 17.00 5.374
8 Winston Churchill Potomac MD 85.00 2.00 5.192
9 Washington-Lee Arlington VA 52.30 32.90 5.160
10 George Mason Falls Church VA 80.84 5.27 5.012
11 Bethesda Chevy Chase Bethesda MD 75.00 11.00 4.847
12 Oakton Fairfax County VA 70.00 12.00 4.766
13 Walt Whitman Bethesda MD 89.00 2.00 4.742
14 Walter Johnson Bethesda MD 72.00 8.00 4.625
15 Thomas S. Wootton Rockville MD 77.00 6.00 4.585
16 Quince Orchard Gaithersburg MD 51.00 22.00 4.577
17 Centreville Fairfax County VA 54.00 23.00 4.527
18 McLean Fairfax County VA 76.00 10.00 4.488
19 W.T. Woodson Fairfax County VA 75.00 9.00 4.417
20 Patriot Nokesville VA 21.00 13.00 4.310

[Anonymous]

Th OP said she/he knew 5 kids who would have gone to Whitman choosing the Blair magnet. The point is that most from TPMS go to Blair because they have no other choice if they want to stay in the magnet program. Just loosen up.

Actually, the OP asked for suggestions for schools in Silver Spring, where she and her family have already decided to move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And yes, I do personally know 5 classmates who used to be with my kid (at Takoma) going to Blair. If Whitman is so superior to everyone else, why do a lot of their kids go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein? Obviously they don't have everything or no one would go elsewhere. And you know what, the 'real world' is diverse!

They do go to "go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein" because those are specialized programs that cater to their specialized talents. No one in their right mind would move to Blair or Eistein from a "W" school for any other reason. Take a look at the Mathews rankings. See how low Blair ranks? 50th!!! Even with the magnet and CAP.

Sure those rankings are based on AP and IB. Sure, there is more to education than AP & IB. Unfortunately, those are the rankings schools and Realtors tout.

You may personally know 5 classmates from TPMS going to Blair. Blair takes a whole lotta magnet students from TPMS. Oops, I almost forgot that Johnson was Principal at TPMS before she went over to Blair.

Anyway, look at the WaPo rankings and make up your own minds.

Diversity may trump education for some. For others it just does not.

If 5 or 500 kids go to Blair, what difference does it make to you? Seriously!! If you send your kids to the school that best suits them, why do you care if someone made a different choice that works for them? And if they made a different choice what is in it for you to slam it...it's just not what works for you... why does that make it fodder for being denigrated and torn down?

Th OP said she/he knew 5 kids who would have gone to Whitman choosing the Blair magnet. The point is that most from TPMS go to Blair because they have no other choice if they want to stay in the magnet program. Just loosen up.

1) OP did not say this, another poster did
2) I am not talking to OP, I am addressing the person who is consistently posting about how horrible Blair is, how no one truly wants to go to Blair, and how Blair is this terrrible, terrible school in which no one is getting educated unless they are in the magnet.

3) Is that loose enough for you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1 Saint Anselm's Abbey (P) Washington DC 95.50 7.605
2 Washington International School (P) Washington DC 100.00 7.311
3 H-B Woodlawn Arlington VA 74.00 18.00 6.590
4 Poolesville Poolesville MD 76.00 6.00 6.261
5 Richard Montgomery Rockville MD 65.00 21.00 5.654
6 Yorktown Arlington VA 71.60 15.20 5.462
7 School Without Walls Washington DC 84.00 17.00 5.374
8 Winston Churchill Potomac MD 85.00 2.00 5.192
9 Washington-Lee Arlington VA 52.30 32.90 5.160
10 George Mason Falls Church VA 80.84 5.27 5.012
11 Bethesda Chevy Chase Bethesda MD 75.00 11.00 4.847
12 Oakton Fairfax County VA 70.00 12.00 4.766
13 Walt Whitman Bethesda MD 89.00 2.00 4.742
14 Walter Johnson Bethesda MD 72.00 8.00 4.625
15 Thomas S. Wootton Rockville MD 77.00 6.00 4.585
16 Quince Orchard Gaithersburg MD 51.00 22.00 4.577
17 Centreville Fairfax County VA 54.00 23.00 4.527
18 McLean Fairfax County VA 76.00 10.00 4.488
19 W.T. Woodson Fairfax County VA 75.00 9.00 4.417
20 Patriot Nokesville VA 21.00 13.00 4.310

What is this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And yes, I do personally know 5 classmates who used to be with my kid (at Takoma) going to Blair. If Whitman is so superior to everyone else, why do a lot of their kids go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein? Obviously they don't have everything or no one would go elsewhere. And you know what, the 'real world' is diverse!

They do go to "go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein" because those are specialized programs that cater to their specialized talents. No one in their right mind would move to Blair or Eistein from a "W" school for any other reason. Take a look at the Mathews rankings. See how low Blair ranks? 50th!!! Even with the magnet and CAP.

Sure those rankings are based on AP and IB. Sure, there is more to education than AP & IB. Unfortunately, those are the rankings schools and Realtors tout.

You may personally know 5 classmates from TPMS going to Blair. Blair takes a whole lotta magnet students from TPMS. Oops, I almost forgot that Johnson was Principal at TPMS before she went over to Blair.

Anyway, look at the WaPo rankings and make up your own minds.

Diversity may trump education for some. For others it just does not.

And for others we don't believe and have found that the two are not mutually exclusive. Now move on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And yes, I do personally know 5 classmates who used to be with my kid (at Takoma) going to Blair. If Whitman is so superior to everyone else, why do a lot of their kids go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein? Obviously they don't have everything or no one would go elsewhere. And you know what, the 'real world' is diverse!

They do go to "go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein" because those are specialized programs that cater to their specialized talents. No one in their right mind would move to Blair or Eistein from a "W" school for any other reason. Take a look at the Mathews rankings. See how low Blair ranks? 50th!!! Even with the magnet and CAP.

Sure those rankings are based on AP and IB. Sure, there is more to education than AP & IB. Unfortunately, those are the rankings schools and Realtors tout.

You may personally know 5 classmates from TPMS going to Blair. Blair takes a whole lotta magnet students from TPMS. Oops, I almost forgot that Johnson was Principal at TPMS before she went over to Blair.

Anyway, look at the WaPo rankings and make up your own minds.

Diversity may trump education for some. For others it just does not.

Amen.
And for others we don't believe and have found that the two are not mutually exclusive. Now move on!

[Anonymous]

It is clear that there is a group that like to play the diversity card to cover up lousy education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is clear that there is a group that like to play the diversity card to cover up lousy education.

What is the "diversity card", and how does one play it? Especially, how one does play it to cover up something? How big is this "diversity card"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And yes, I do personally know 5 classmates who used to be with my kid (at Takoma) going to Blair. If Whitman is so superior to everyone else, why do a lot of their kids go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein? Obviously they don't have everything or no one would go elsewhere. And you know what, the 'real world' is diverse!

They do go to "go to RM, Blair, Poolesville, and the Art program @ Einstein" because those are specialized programs that cater to their specialized talents. No one in their right mind would move to Blair or Eistein from a "W" school for any other reason. Take a look at the Mathews rankings. See how low Blair ranks? 50th!!! Even with the magnet and CAP.

Sure those rankings are based on AP and IB. Sure, there is more to education than AP & IB. Unfortunately, those are the rankings schools and Realtors tout.

You may personally know 5 classmates from TPMS going to Blair. Blair takes a whole lotta magnet students from TPMS. Oops, I almost forgot that Johnson was Principal at TPMS before she went over to Blair.

Anyway, look at the WaPo rankings and make up your own minds.

Diversity may trump education for some. For others it just does not.

If 5 or 500 kids go to Blair, what difference does it make to you? Seriously!! If you send your kids to the school that best suits them, why do you care if someone made a different choice that works for them? And if they made a different choice what is in it for you to slam it...it's just not what works for you... why does that make it fodder for being denigrated and torn down?

Th OP said she/he knew 5 kids who would have gone to Whitman choosing the Blair magnet. The point is that most from TPMS go to Blair because they have no other choice if they want to stay in the magnet program. Just loosen up.

1) OP did not say this, another poster did
2) I am not talking to OP, I am addressing the person who is consistently posting about how horrible Blair is, how no one truly wants to go to Blair, and how Blair is this terrrible, terrible school in which no one is getting educated unless they are in the magnet.

3) Is that loose enough for you?

the posters were simply pointing out that Blair performance and DCC school performance is lower than "W" schools by some measures. what's wrong with that? the list that seem to confuse u is the WaPo rankings that were just published. Blair has been falling on that list and getting worse since 2011.

so stop your offensive attitude and live with reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

the posters were simply pointing out that Blair performance and DCC school performance is lower than "W" schools by some measures. what's wrong with that? the list that seem to confuse u is the WaPo rankings that were just published. Blair has been falling on that list and getting worse since 2011.

so stop your offensive attitude and live with reality.

Is that what you think they were doing? That's not what I think they were doing.

The fact is that there are frequent posts on DCUM -- possibly from one person, possibly from more -- about how awful Blair is. Always Blair. Sometimes, for a little variety, Blair and the other DCC schools. But always, always Blair. Why this obsession? I can't figure it out.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the 'Blair haters' kid didn't get into Blair. Every school in MCPS you can say something good & bad about.

[Anonymous]

http://m.washingtonpost.com/local/education/montgomery-blair-high-school-leads-the-nation-in-intel-science-finalists/2014/03/09/b09b5b72-a7a4-11e3-b61e-8051b8b52d06_story.html

Blair leads the Nation in Intel Science winners !

[Anonymous]

So much ignorance and no-nothingism on this thread. First of all, The Post's Challenge Index is merely a measure of how many kids are taking AP tests. Blair is the largest school in the state of Maryland, and a lot of those kids are not college-bound. The college-bound kids, they're doing just fine, as the college admission results indicate every year.

Here's the funny thing: I've lived in the Blair community for 20 years and I know a lot of families. For all the supposed problems that are alleged about Blair on this site, I've never met anyone--let me emphasize ANYONE--who has expressed dissatisfaction about Blair, apart from a few kids who were overwhelmed by the size. Are these families ignorant? Hardly; many of them have multiple advanced degrees.

So what does that tell you? The kids are happy, their parents are happy, and at graduation time, the college-bound kids go to really good colleges. And this all happens in a school that demographically resembles the real world far more than the whiter schools in the richer parts of our county. For some reason, this seems to drive some people on this site crazy. I'll leave it for the psychologists and sociologists to figure out why that is.