Blair magnet

[Anonymous]

That's right - at least 75 from TPMS/Blair zone automatically, plus a few more who get in the "regular" way I guess. FYI the magnet directory is opt-in, so it doesn't include everyone. From this year's version, I count 24 from Wootton, 9 from Whitman, 14 from Walter Johnson, 14 from BCC, 11 from Churchill. But again those are just the people who opted in and agreed to have their information shared.

[Anonymous]

And that's the directory for all three grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's right - at least 75 from TPMS/Blair zone automatically, plus a few more who get in the "regular" way I guess. FYI the magnet directory is opt-in, so it doesn't include everyone. From this year's version, I count 24 from Wootton, 9 from Whitman, 14 from Walter Johnson, 14 from BCC, 11 from Churchill. But again those are just the people who opted in and agreed to have their information shared.

I counted over 90 from Blair.

[Anonymous]

It's not surprising. 75 set asides and 15 more means 5 kids per grade from a zone that includes the biggest HS in the state. Seems proportional to the number from other high schools listed above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not surprising. 75 set asides and 15 more means 5 kids per grade from a zone that includes the biggest HS in the state. Seems proportional to the number from other high schools listed above.

There are no set asides for Blair.
For TPMS there is an additional 25 for local. Not set aside. There is no negative impact on oob students vying for the 100 spots. In fact adding the TP seats means they are not competition for the 100 allotted program seats.
Just wanted to make sure folks saw that.
Also, as a magnet parent, responding to another poster, how do you get 90 kids from Blair jurisdiction when there are so many Rockville and Bethesda kids in the program? maybe 90 kids across all 4 grades....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not surprising. 75 set asides and 15 more means 5 kids per grade from a zone that includes the biggest HS in the state. Seems proportional to the number from other high schools listed above.

There are no set asides for Blair.
For TPMS there is an additional 25 for local. Not set aside. There is no negative impact on oob students vying for the 100 spots. In fact adding the TP seats means they are not competition for the 100 allotted program seats.
Just wanted to make sure folks saw that.
Also, as a magnet parent, responding to another poster, how do you get 90 kids from Blair jurisdiction when there are so many Rockville and Bethesda kids in the program? maybe 90 kids across all 4 grades....

The previous poster said 90 kids zoned for Blair are in TPMS magnet directory. Not 90 kids zoned for Blair are currently in Blair magnet program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

A child who maps to BCC can still select DCC HS if they attend the MS magnets at Eastern or Takoma Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

Sure, but most write about their MS magnet experiences in their essays which kind of makes that a moot point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not surprising. 75 set asides and 15 more means 5 kids per grade from a zone that includes the biggest HS in the state. Seems proportional to the number from other high schools listed above.

There are no set asides for Blair.
For TPMS there is an additional 25 for local. Not set aside. There is no negative impact on oob students vying for the 100 spots. In fact adding the TP seats means they are not competition for the 100 allotted program seats.
Just wanted to make sure folks saw that.
Also, as a magnet parent, responding to another poster, how do you get 90 kids from Blair jurisdiction when there are so many Rockville and Bethesda kids in the program? maybe 90 kids across all 4 grades....

The previous poster said 90 kids zoned for Blair are in TPMS magnet directory. Not 90 kids zoned for Blair are currently in Blair magnet program.

Yes, the TPMS magnet directory shows there are currently 90 kids listed who are zoned for Blair. This only includes kids whose parents opted into the directory so it is by no means comprehensive. In fact, both my kids went to Blair SMCS and were in boundary.TPMS prepared them well for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

He was asked and he clearly dodged the question. He did say that it was school blind. He did not say that they stripped magnet from class names.

[Anonymous]

It's a bit ironic to see posters who would never live in the area expect spots at the magnet program where they'd never send their kids otherwise. Those spots should be for DCC only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. BCC isn't downcounty consortium.

2. There is a "geographic" criteria for magnet selection, so that MCPS can give an advantage to poorly-performing schools in lower-income districts. So if you're in Bethesda, yes, your child is at a disadvantage, even if you scraped together all you had to afford a rent-controlled apartment there.

I know this thread is a little bit old, but just popping in to say that for HS magnet selection, they don’t know your child’s current or in boundary school. They even strip course titles so the selection committee doesn’t know who came from TPMS, where math classes have “Magnet” in the course title. This came from Ostrander at the info session in the fall.

I was at the info session and he did not say that they strip magnet from the course titles.

NP: I was also there and heard him say it. You must have missed it, PP.

It was a good information session and he was very diplomatic. I got the sense that he was trying very hard to say all the right things, but that the committee absolutely knows who is in the TPMS magnet and who is not.