MCPS added a SMAC program at Poolesville. There are IB programs at many schools. Magnets at Wheaton and Einstein. Apex at WJ. Cap at Blair. I am sure there are more. |
| Students who would otherwise be high performing will be fine. We live 5 minutes from an IB program school. We're staying put. People need to R E L A X. |
The magnet programs are "moot"? Because they're not in Bethesda or Potomac? Seriously? |
Some of these neighborhoods certainly do seem to be troubled, at least if you go by what you read on DCUM. Whether they have a rational reason for it is a different question. |
I was going to add and Asian people to above poster. Why do people think that diversity = bad? Seems like some false sense of white/Asian superiority or something. |
Of course they are moot to you because facts don't fit your narrative. Did you check out why they were posted ? |
DP I see that you are allergic to facts. |
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I'm guessing that this family of a high-performing student is not planning to move anywhere:
https://www.wusa9.com/video/news/clarksburg-high-senior-admitted-to-every-ivy-league-school-but-one/65-e127df36-c7f6-415f-9c9c-a562cbb122cf |
so asisn isn't diverse then huh look non whites and non asians are much lower SES around here = lower performance everyone knows that |
True but they'll whine a lot on anonymous internets. |
No false sense about this. MCPS was test scores show this. |
So you both confirm that this is about race. Nice. We're down county already, which is why I asked. I have not seen a correlation between diversity and "bad." So glad you're not my neighbors. |
Nope. Not in Potomac/Bethesda. Second statement is just sad and ignorant. You probably also think your kids are just naturally smarter rather than over enriched to get ahead. Lower SES just means they can't afford A++, tech camps, Dr. Li and Hopkins CTY. |
| We moved to Virginia. Fairfax district- there are tons of bilingual immersion schools in Spanish and English. Schools like baileys are 80%++ ESOL and FARMs yet test better than MCPS ESs. They do do similar things like MCPS, for example they put a magnet program for k-5 in Baileys in order to get more English speakers. Just 10-20% tho plus bussing. So most kids go to their neighborhood and then they did something appealing to get volunteers for the other sentiment to elect to attend. Nothing forced, this if something is oversubscribed it’s luck of the draw if not merit based for older children. |