Top 10 Schools in MoCo

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Anonymous wrote:Where's the list of Poolesville HS grads's colleges and employers 10 years after HS graduation?

Where's the list for Blair?

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Anonymous wrote:Where's the list of Poolesville HS grads's colleges and employers 10 years after HS graduation?

Where's the list for Blair?

Where's the list for Stuyvesant?

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Anonymous wrote:Where's the list of Poolesville HS grads's colleges and employers 10 years after HS graduation?

Where's the list for Blair?

Where's the list for Stuyvesant?

And Thomas Jefferson?

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As long as gangs are active in areas near Blair and other DCC schools these schools will just never improve. Even with pulling the best kids from all over the county, Blair only ranks a 6 and a dismal graduation rate. Its far from a success story and being able to say that your kid took a gym class with some kids from the magnets isn't exactly useful.

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Anonymous wrote:As long as gangs are active in areas near Blair and other DCC schools these schools will just never improve. Even with pulling the best kids from all over the county, Blair only ranks a 6 and a dismal graduation rate. Its far from a success story and being able to say that your kid took a gym class with some kids from the magnets isn't exactly useful.

"Gangs" - YES! I finally have Bingo on my DCUM buzzword sheet! I think this thread has lived out its full potential now.

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Its not funny and you shouldn't try to ignore the gang problem in schools like Blair. Silver Spring, Wheaton and Germantown have serious issues. The game groups targeted are middle to high schoolers.

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Anonymous wrote: Frankly, I do not give a rat's ass about the ranking. Does my kid have a good shot of getting stellar grades, great SAT and AP scores, learning the material, filling content gaps, having excellent EC activities at the end of 4 years? Is he willing to work hard and not depend on MCPS to spoon feed him? Am I willing to support him? Why would I care what the school rating of any other MCPS school is? Why do I care where Joe Shmoe goes? My student is a rising 9th grader in PHS SMACS program - so should he take it easy because by being in PHS he will automagically succeed?

None of the public and private schools in DMV is of the same caliber as Stuyvesant. We should try and concentrate on what is important.

Blair SMACS puts Stuyvesant to shame

I don't get all the Blair SMACS boosters on this forum ... It's a great program, but you all act like it's God gift to man.

Also, Stuyvesant is the #4 public HS in America on Niche. The number 1 MD high school on that site--Poolesville--is #30. Given how many high schools there are in the country, statistically anything in at least the top 100 is equivalent, so certainly MD high schools can't be said to "put Stuyvesant to shame."

Compare what Stuy have done with over 3000 magnet students with Blair SMACS 400 students and then come talk to me.

Regardless of what you might think, Stuy, Poolesville, and TJ continue to be ranked above Blair.

Give me concrete reasons why you think Blair should be ranked above those schools. Until then I'll maintain my position that the schools are roughly equivalent, given that those other three are whole-school magnets (or at least have magnet programs that are a larger percentage of the student body than at Blair).

Are you really that gullible?
On PAPER, they will always rank above Blair. They are all-Magnet schools (except for Poolesville which is three Quarter Magnet ). Also , Blair is minority -Majority, so they will never rank Blair higher.
But on the field performances, where it actually matters, none of them can match Blair. Blair outshines them all.

I keep asking for CONCRETE information to back up your argument and you refuse to provide any.

So I'll ask again: provide concrete data proving that Blair is better than Stuy, Poolesville, and TJ.

As for the majority-minority point: Stuy is only 81% minority.

Here is concrete evidence
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneron_Science_Talent_Search
Stuy is mostly Asian and white and All-magnet

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So because Blair has more URM it's ... better? My argument is it's ranked lower likely because it's not a whole school magnet, meaning it's probably ultimately equivalent to Stuy, Poolesville, and TJ.

Huh?????
Did you check the link for concrete evidence?
Blair is ranked lower on PAPER because it has more URM and it is a quarter magnet. But it achieves more, a lot more with less magnet students.

I'll say it again: provide CONCRETE information proving Blair "achieves more" with its students.

IAre you serious? I just posted the link to you.
Here it is, again
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneron_Science_Talent_Search

That's one competition. It really doesn't answer my question.

Yes, it answers your question which was: "provide CONCRETE information proving Blair "achieves more" with its students. "
It is the mother of all STEM and it shows Blair achieves more with less STEM students.

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Anonymous wrote:Its not funny and you shouldn't try to ignore the gang problem in schools like Blair. Silver Spring, Wheaton and Germantown have serious issues. The game groups targeted are middle to high schoolers.

I didn't know that Germantown is in the DCC.

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Anonymous wrote:Its not funny and you shouldn't try to ignore the gang problem in schools like Blair. Silver Spring, Wheaton and Germantown have serious issues. The game groups targeted are middle to high schoolers.

You mean the gangs and drugs problems in Bethesda and Potomac?
Where there's drug, there are gangs and Bethesda and Potomac are full of drugs

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Anonymous wrote:As long as gangs are active in areas near Blair and other DCC schools these schools will just never improve. Even with pulling the best kids from all over the county, Blair only ranks a 6 and a dismal graduation rate. Its far from a success story and being able to say that your kid took a gym class with some kids from the magnets isn't exactly useful.

LOLZ - again please provide a single shred of proof with these assinine claims. There have been 0 gang-related incidents at MCPS in years according to the county. Last time some clown brought this up they posted random articles about MS-13 in other states. This is a complete joke!

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Anonymous wrote:As long as gangs are active in areas near Blair and other DCC schools these schools will just never improve. Even with pulling the best kids from all over the county, Blair only ranks a 6 and a dismal graduation rate. Its far from a success story and being able to say that your kid took a gym class with some kids from the magnets isn't exactly useful.

"Gangs" - YES! I finally have Bingo on my DCUM buzzword sheet! I think this thread has lived out its full potential now.

I know it wouldn't take long for them to come out of the woods. The mention of Blair drives them insane and crazy

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Anonymous wrote:As long as gangs are active in areas near Blair and other DCC schools these schools will just never improve. Even with pulling the best kids from all over the county, Blair only ranks a 6 and a dismal graduation rate. Its far from a success story and being able to say that your kid took a gym class with some kids from the magnets isn't exactly useful.

LOLZ - again please provide a single shred of proof with these assinine claims. There have been 0 gang-related incidents at MCPS in years according to the county. Last time some clown brought this up they posted random articles about MS-13 in other states. This is a complete joke!

This is that random W parent's attempt at fear mongering in the hopes of maintaining overinflated real-estate values since they can't otherwise compete with a school like Blair in terms of academics.

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Anonymous wrote:Its not funny and you shouldn't try to ignore the gang problem in schools like Blair. Silver Spring, Wheaton and Germantown have serious issues. The game groups targeted are middle to high schoolers.

You mean the gangs and drugs problems in Bethesda and Potomac?
Where there's drug, there are gangs and Bethesda and Potomac are full of drugs

Oddly, it seems likes it's always kids from the west side schools that make the news for issues like drunk driving. My impression from the news is that there are significant problems at these schools as well.

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Anonymous wrote:As long as gangs are active in areas near Blair and other DCC schools these schools will just never improve. Even with pulling the best kids from all over the county, Blair only ranks a 6 and a dismal graduation rate. Its far from a success story and being able to say that your kid took a gym class with some kids from the magnets isn't exactly useful.

"Gangs" - YES! I finally have Bingo on my DCUM buzzword sheet! I think this thread has lived out its full potential now.

+LOL

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Anonymous wrote: Frankly, I do not give a rat's ass about the ranking. Does my kid have a good shot of getting stellar grades, great SAT and AP scores, learning the material, filling content gaps, having excellent EC activities at the end of 4 years? Is he willing to work hard and not depend on MCPS to spoon feed him? Am I willing to support him? Why would I care what the school rating of any other MCPS school is? Why do I care where Joe Shmoe goes? My student is a rising 9th grader in PHS SMACS program - so should he take it easy because by being in PHS he will automagically succeed?

None of the public and private schools in DMV is of the same caliber as Stuyvesant. We should try and concentrate on what is important.

Blair SMACS puts Stuyvesant to shame

I don't get all the Blair SMACS boosters on this forum ... It's a great program, but you all act like it's God gift to man.

Also, Stuyvesant is the #4 public HS in America on Niche. The number 1 MD high school on that site--Poolesville--is #30. Given how many high schools there are in the country, statistically anything in at least the top 100 is equivalent, so certainly MD high schools can't be said to "put Stuyvesant to shame."

Compare what Stuy have done with over 3000 magnet students with Blair SMACS 400 students and then come talk to me.

Regardless of what you might think, Stuy, Poolesville, and TJ continue to be ranked above Blair.

Give me concrete reasons why you think Blair should be ranked above those schools. Until then I'll maintain my position that the schools are roughly equivalent, given that those other three are whole-school magnets (or at least have magnet programs that are a larger percentage of the student body than at Blair).

Are you really that gullible?
On PAPER, they will always rank above Blair. They are all-Magnet schools (except for Poolesville which is three Quarter Magnet ). Also , Blair is minority -Majority, so they will never rank Blair higher.
But on the field performances, where it actually matters, none of them can match Blair. Blair outshines them all.

I keep asking for CONCRETE information to back up your argument and you refuse to provide any.

So I'll ask again: provide concrete data proving that Blair is better than Stuy, Poolesville, and TJ.

As for the majority-minority point: Stuy is only 81% minority.

Here is concrete evidence
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneron_Science_Talent_Search
Stuy is mostly Asian and white and All-magnet

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So because Blair has more URM it's ... better? My argument is it's ranked lower likely because it's not a whole school magnet, meaning it's probably ultimately equivalent to Stuy, Poolesville, and TJ.

Huh?????
Did you check the link for concrete evidence?
Blair is ranked lower on PAPER because it has more URM and it is a quarter magnet. But it achieves more, a lot more with less magnet students.

I'll say it again: provide CONCRETE information proving Blair "achieves more" with its students.

IAre you serious? I just posted the link to you.
Here it is, again
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneron_Science_Talent_Search

That's one competition. It really doesn't answer my question.

Yes, it answers your question which was: "provide CONCRETE information proving Blair "achieves more" with its students. "
It is the mother of all STEM and it shows Blair achieves more with less STEM students.

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Poolesville has plenty of kids win Intel competition awards. How is that different? Again, it’s one competition. It’s far from a comprehensive comparison of the schools.