Is the Blair magnet open to everyone?

[Anonymous]

My family is thinking of moving away from the Blair cluster. Then DH noticed on the Blair vs Sherwood in terms of no magnet thread that the Blair magnet is open to everyone.

Is this really true?

If my DS attends Blair will he be able to take any magnet course? What will he need to do to take magnet classes? Can he take any CAP classes, too?

[Anonymous]

Blair magnet is a "test-in" program and open to down county students. PHS STEM magnet serves the same role for the upper county students. So, no, your DH misunderstood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family is thinking of moving away from the Blair cluster. Then DH noticed on the Blair vs Sherwood in terms of no magnet thread that the Blair magnet is open to everyone.

Is this really true?

If my DS attends Blair will he be able to take any magnet course? What will he need to do to take magnet classes? Can he take any CAP classes, too?

Sure why doesn't your kid register for magnet-level multivariable calculus and differential equations. I'm sure that will go well for DS.

[Anonymous]

^ 22:58 - come on man, no need for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family is thinking of moving away from the Blair cluster. Then DH noticed on the Blair vs Sherwood in terms of no magnet thread that the Blair magnet is open to everyone.

Is this really true?

If my DS attends Blair will he be able to take any magnet course? What will he need to do to take magnet classes? Can he take any CAP classes, too?

Sure why doesn't your kid register for magnet-level multivariable calculus and differential equations. I'm sure that will go well for DS.

I guess being snarky comes naturally to you. The "Blair vs Sherwood in terms of no magnet" thread has someone stating that anyone can take magnet classes. Is that true?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family is thinking of moving away from the Blair cluster. Then DH noticed on the Blair vs Sherwood in terms of no magnet thread that the Blair magnet is open to everyone.

Is this really true?

If my DS attends Blair will he be able to take any magnet course? What will he need to do to take magnet classes? Can he take any CAP classes, too?

Sure why doesn't your kid register for magnet-level multivariable calculus and differential equations. I'm sure that will go well for DS.

What justifies your nasty comment?

Is it possible that "magnet-level multivariable calculus and differential equations" is really what the rest of the county does for on-level calculus and you snarky types don't know the difference?

[Anonymous]

They may mix magnet kids and non-magnet kids for some of the classes but I'm afraid "can take any magnet course" is an incorrect statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ 22:58 - come on man, no need for that.

You're right, there would be no need for it if it was a legitimate question. But it's the same person who starts this same thread every 3 months or so.

[Anonymous]

Both of my Blair kids took magnet classes. Not all magnet classes are open to other Blair kids, however. Also, you can't jump into upper level magnet classes if you haven't taken the prerequisites, which are usually also magnet classes. A word of warning on the magnet classes: often these are AP-level classes but squeezed into a single semester, so your kid has to be willing to really work at it.

Certain CAP classes are also open to non-CAP kids. I think the open CAP classes include theater, but not CAP journalism or US government. My kids were both in CAP, but I want to emphasize that you don't have to be in CAP to take the open magnet classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both of my Blair kids took magnet classes. Not all magnet classes are open to other Blair kids, however. Also, you can't jump into upper level magnet classes if you haven't taken the prerequisites, which are usually also magnet classes. A word of warning on the magnet classes: often these are AP-level classes but squeezed into a single semester, so your kid has to be willing to really work at it.

Certain CAP classes are also open to non-CAP kids. I think the open CAP classes include theater, but not CAP journalism or US government. My kids were both in CAP, but I want to emphasize that you don't have to be in CAP to take the open magnet classes.

This is very wrong information. Because of the interdisciplinary aspect of the program, CAP theater is directly linked with English, History and Photo. A kid could not be in one class without the others, that's how the program is designed. The CAP kids just did a week-long project that involved hours of in-school library time. A non-CAP kid, with a non-CAP schedule, could not do that.

There are certainly other theater classes in the school. Maybe that's the source of your confusion?

[Anonymous]

Application to the STEM program is open, and if you test in and there is space any kid at blair can take the classes. However the snarky pp was right - arent that many kids doing mulitvariate calculus outside of the magnet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Application to the STEM program is open, and if you test in and there is space any kid at blair can take the classes. However the snarky pp was right - arent that many kids doing mulitvariate calculus outside of the magnet.

Perhaps this is the source of the confusion. There is a STEM focused academy at Blair that is separate from the magnet program. Any student can elect to be in the STEM track, but that is distinctly different from the magnet program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ 22:58 - come on man, no need for that.

You're right, there would be no need for it if it was a legitimate question. But it's the same person who starts this same thread every 3 months or so.

This is the typical response of the trolls. How did the dumbass know it was the same person asking the question? Even if it was the same person it is a legitimate question.

The Blair magnet is open to everyone. The magnet courses are really easy and they don't have their seasoned teachers teaching the classes. So the magnet classes are not as good as some of the nonmagnet classes.


Again, the magnet is open to anyone who wants the challenge.

For reasons expressed on this thread, the CAP is not open. Another reason maybe that it is predominantly white and the principal is too scared to destroy that program as well.

The magnet is predominantly Asian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ 22:58 - come on man, no need for that.

You're right, there would be no need for it if it was a legitimate question. But it's the same person who starts this same thread every 3 months or so.

This is the typical response of the trolls. How did the dumbass know it was the same person asking the question? Even if it was the same person it is a legitimate question.

The Blair magnet is open to everyone. The magnet courses are really easy and they don't have their seasoned teachers teaching the classes. So the magnet classes are not as good as some of the nonmagnet classes.


Again, the magnet is open to anyone who wants the challenge.

For reasons expressed on this thread, the CAP is not open. Another reason maybe that it is predominantly white and the principal is too scared to destroy that program as well.

The magnet is predominantly Asian.

This is wrong in multiple ways. My CAP kids have taken magnet classes. Some magnet classes are open to non-magnet kids from CAP or anywhere else in Blair. Not all magnet classes are open to non-magnet kids, however. For some magnet classes, you will need to meet with the magnet administrator to discuss your interest and preparedness.

Same thing goes for CAP. Some CAP classes are open to non-CAP kids from anywhere else in Blair, but not all CAP classes are open to non-CAP kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both of my Blair kids took magnet classes. Not all magnet classes are open to other Blair kids, however. Also, you can't jump into upper level magnet classes if you haven't taken the prerequisites, which are usually also magnet classes. A word of warning on the magnet classes: often these are AP-level classes but squeezed into a single semester, so your kid has to be willing to really work at it.

Certain CAP classes are also open to non-CAP kids. I think the open CAP classes include theater, but not CAP journalism or US government. My kids were both in CAP, but I want to emphasize that you don't have to be in CAP to take the open magnet classes.

This is very wrong information. Because of the interdisciplinary aspect of the program, CAP theater is directly linked with English, History and Photo. A kid could not be in one class without the others, that's how the program is designed. The CAP kids just did a week-long project that involved hours of in-school library time. A non-CAP kid, with a non-CAP schedule, could not do that.

There are certainly other theater classes in the school. Maybe that's the source of your confusion?

No, no, no. My kids were in CAP and theater definitely had non-CAP kids. The kids do week-long projects, for sure, but generally these "interdisciplinaries" are coordinated between English and Social Studies (in 9th grade, when CAP kids take Theater) or between English/Journalism/Government in 10th grade.