Blair as a whole school magnet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think it is possible to make Blair a whole school magnet? Are there enough students to qualify if the school had 3 programs like Poolesville? Could the remaining in boundary kids be spread out amongst the closest high schools in silver spring? If not the whole school, could the magnet program and CAP be significantly expanded (2-3 times as big)?

So you'd like to send all of the low-performing and average kids to Einstein, Northwood, Kennedy and Wheaton?

That's a kind gesture that very inclusive . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a whole school magnet. Check the website, and you will note that the Science and Math Departments both include statements that anyone can take magnet courses as long as they meet non-magnet prerequisites.

A number of students do take magnet courses with upperclassmen.

BS

Any magnet schedule tracts kids and limits courses they can take with "regular" kids. Ask any kid enrolled in DP. They travel in packs and are basically separated from the non-special programs crew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will never happen. Blair pulls Takoma Park neighborhood. For those of us who live nearby, we understand that Takoma always gets what it wants from the BOE. There are neighborhoods closer to Blair (even people who are walking distance) who are zoned for Northwood so that Blair can take Takoma.

And as a parent of two magnet kids, I agree that the magnets are just about the only thing in MCPS that is working and that they need to be left alone.

But the closest high school to TP is Blair.

Sure, there is no other HS in that lower corner of the county but Blair is at the very tip of it's catchment, not at all central. Almost none of the neighborhoods within walking distance actually attend Blair. Woodmore is the one exception.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a whole school magnet. Check the website, and you will note that the Science and Math Departments both include statements that anyone can take magnet courses as long as they meet non-magnet prerequisites.

A number of students do take magnet courses with upperclassmen.

BS

Any magnet schedule tracts kids and limits courses they can take with "regular" kids. Ask any kid enrolled in DP. They travel in packs and are basically separated from the non-special programs crew.

Sure the magnet kids are segregated and think they are special. But the school lets anyone take the higher level magnet courses!!!

The point is that nonmagnet kids can take magnet classes. The school is on its way to becoming a whole school magnet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a whole school magnet. Check the website, and you will note that the Science and Math Departments both include statements that anyone can take magnet courses as long as they meet non-magnet prerequisites.

A number of students do take magnet courses with upperclassmen.

BS

Any magnet schedule tracts kids and limits courses they can take with "regular" kids. Ask any kid enrolled in DP. They travel in packs and are basically separated from the non-special programs crew.

Sure the magnet kids are segregated and think they are special. But the school lets anyone take the higher level magnet courses!!!

The point is that nonmagnet kids can take magnet classes. The school is on its way to becoming a whole school magnet.

NP - making courses available to kids who can't keep up doesn't make the kids magnet kids (or makes the school magnet). That is simply a stupid argument.

[Anonymous]

^ Reminds me of what the President said a few days ago - Sasha tweets but that doesn't make her qualified to be president.

[Anonymous]

RM lets everyone take IB classes in the same way..but that doesn't get you an IB diploma. It is not the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a whole school magnet. Check the website, and you will note that the Science and Math Departments both include statements that anyone can take magnet courses as long as they meet non-magnet prerequisites.

A number of students do take magnet courses with upperclassmen.

BS

Any magnet schedule tracts kids and limits courses they can take with "regular" kids. Ask any kid enrolled in DP. They travel in packs and are basically separated from the non-special programs crew.

Sure the magnet kids are segregated and think they are special. But the school lets anyone take the higher level magnet courses!!!

The point is that nonmagnet kids can take magnet classes. The school is on its way to becoming a whole school magnet.

Someone has a chip on their shoulder.

The school allows *qualified* students to take magnet classes. Most Blair students are not qualified.

[Anonymous]

For college acceptances it's actually better to have magnet level students spread out at a variety of high schools. This is a problem that TJ in Virginia students face every year. MIT will only take X number of students from each high school, so it's better to have magnet level kids spread out for high school. That said, for middle school it would make sense to have the TMPS and Eastern magnet kids at the same school where they could take magnet classes for both STEM and humanities. This could easily be done as the magnet kids share busing now and both schools are close by each other and then one school could be a whole school magnet with another 100+ kids added to the magnet program for each grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a whole school magnet. Check the website, and you will note that the Science and Math Departments both include statements that anyone can take magnet courses as long as they meet non-magnet prerequisites.

A number of students do take magnet courses with upperclassmen.

BS

Any magnet schedule tracts kids and limits courses they can take with "regular" kids. Ask any kid enrolled in DP. They travel in packs and are basically separated from the non-special programs crew.

Sure the magnet kids are segregated and think they are special. But the school lets anyone take the higher level magnet courses!!!

The point is that nonmagnet kids can take magnet classes. The school is on its way to becoming a whole school magnet.

Someone has a chip on their shoulder.

The school allows *qualified* students to take magnet classes. Most Blair students are not qualified.

"Qualified" by taking non-magnet classes, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a whole school magnet. Check the website, and you will note that the Science and Math Departments both include statements that anyone can take magnet courses as long as they meet non-magnet prerequisites.

A number of students do take magnet courses with upperclassmen.

BS

Any magnet schedule tracts kids and limits courses they can take with "regular" kids. Ask any kid enrolled in DP. They travel in packs and are basically separated from the non-special programs crew.

Sure the magnet kids are segregated and think they are special. But the school lets anyone take the higher level magnet courses!!!

The point is that nonmagnet kids can take magnet classes. The school is on its way to becoming a whole school magnet.

Someone has a chip on their shoulder.

The school allows *qualified* students to take magnet classes. Most Blair students are not qualified.

"Qualified" by taking non-magnet classes, no?

You can contact the magnet coordinator to find out what the prerequisites are.

https://mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blair is a whole school magnet. Check the website, and you will note that the Science and Math Departments both include statements that anyone can take magnet courses as long as they meet non-magnet prerequisites.

A number of students do take magnet courses with upperclassmen.

BS

Any magnet schedule tracts kids and limits courses they can take with "regular" kids. Ask any kid enrolled in DP. They travel in packs and are basically separated from the non-special programs crew.

Sure the magnet kids are segregated and think they are special. But the school lets anyone take the higher level magnet courses!!!

The point is that nonmagnet kids can take magnet classes. The school is on its way to becoming a whole school magnet.

Someone has a chip on their shoulder.

The school allows *qualified* students to take magnet classes. Most Blair students are not qualified.

"Qualified" by taking non-magnet classes, no?

You can contact the magnet coordinator to find out what the prerequisites are.

https://mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

Here you go: Prerequisites: Look under each topic link for the courses and prereqs, e.g. for math: https://mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses_math.php

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Blair is a whole school magnet. Check the website, and you will note that the Science and Math Departments both include statements that anyone can take magnet courses as long as they meet non-magnet prerequisites.

A number of students do take magnet courses with upperclassmen.

BS

Any magnet schedule tracts kids and limits courses they can take with "regular" kids. Ask any kid enrolled in DP. They travel in packs and are basically separated from the non-special programs crew.

Sure the magnet kids are segregated and think they are special. But the school lets anyone take the higher level magnet courses!!!

The point is that nonmagnet kids can take magnet classes. The school is on its way to becoming a whole school magnet.

Someone has a chip on their shoulder.

The school allows *qualified* students to take magnet classes. Most Blair students are not qualified.

"Qualified" by taking non-magnet classes, no?

You can contact the magnet coordinator to find out what the prerequisites are.

https://mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

Here you go: Prerequisites: Look under each topic link for the courses and prereqs, e.g. for math: https://mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses_math.php

Anyone who is nonmagnet with nonmagnet prerequisites can take advanced magnet courses!!!!! Oy! The magnet sequence is really not a necessary prerequisite for upper level magnet courses. So, what's the big deal about the magnet sequence?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This will never happen. Blair pulls Takoma Park neighborhood. For those of us who live nearby, we understand that Takoma always gets what it wants from the BOE. There are neighborhoods closer to Blair (even people who are walking distance) who are zoned for Northwood so that Blair can take Takoma.

And as a parent of two magnet kids, I agree that the magnets are just about the only thing in MCPS that is working and that they need to be left alone.

But the closest high school to TP is Blair.

Sure, there is no other HS in that lower corner of the county but Blair is at the very tip of it's catchment, not at all central. Almost none of the neighborhoods within walking distance actually attend Blair. Woodmore is the one exception.

It's true. My kid could walk to Blair but will instead be bused to Einstein. I'm fine with Einstein, but the inefficiency of the situation is kind of irritating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RM lets everyone take IB classes in the same way..but that doesn't get you an IB diploma. It is not the same thing.

Can you explain this please. At Einstein and BCC I believe any child can try to earn an IB diploma. Are you saying that a child zoned for RM is not allowed to earn an IB diploma unless they have applied for and received a spot in the IB magnet? This seems a little crazy after putting kids in College Gardens and Julius West through a IB compatible curriculum.