Blair Magnet moving to Kennedy or Springbrook

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Unlikely that those students would be willing to go to Kennedy. Program will lose its current status and selectivity. Pretty much suicide for the program.

I don't buy this. Maybe TP in boundary Blair SMAC parents won't send their kids but the OOB and other DCC parents will. For the few who will not, there are plenty of top applicants that will gladly take a spot. As long as the entire program moves, it keeps the county wide aspect and it doesn't become a watered down magnet it will have the same draw.

The parents that would be afraid to send their kid to Kennedy would have been afraid to send the kid to Blair. Outside the DCC, people aren't drawing the same distinctions that people inside the DCC draw about the areas.

They will see it as an unknown quantity. The out of boundary students know others who have gone to Blair. They know it's a strong school overall.

Most people outside of Silver Spring do not consider Blair especially strong apart from the Magnet program. Mostly one only hears "the best cluster on the affordable side of town" which is light praise at best.

[Anonymous]

Most people outside of Silver Spring do not consider Blair especially strong apart from the Magnet program. Mostly one only hears "the best cluster on the affordable side of town" which is light praise at best.

I agree with this and don't even know if anyone outside Silver Spring really views Blair outside the magnet as the best one on the affordable side of town. Most people just write off the entire area because the schools in the east are the worst in the county etc. Look at it this way - do you know which HS in PG county is the best? Probably not, you probably just know that PG schools are bad.

I doubt that any applications outside the DCC would drop if the magnet moved to Kennedy. Within the DCC, they might drop but that could open up more sports for Kennedy students or students from the NEC who might find it more logistically feasible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Unlikely that those students would be willing to go to Kennedy. Program will lose its current status and selectivity. Pretty much suicide for the program.

I don't buy this. Maybe TP in boundary Blair SMAC parents won't send their kids but the OOB and other DCC parents will. For the few who will not, there are plenty of top applicants that will gladly take a spot. As long as the entire program moves, it keeps the county wide aspect and it doesn't become a watered down magnet it will have the same draw.

The parents that would be afraid to send their kid to Kennedy would have been afraid to send the kid to Blair. Outside the DCC, people aren't drawing the same distinctions that people inside the DCC draw about the areas.

They will see it as an unknown quantity. The out of boundary students know others who have gone to Blair. They know it's a strong school overall.

TP would most likely lost it's extra 25 seats which is where most if not all of the IB kids who attend the program come from. There would not be nearly as many as those slots would go to Kennedy which could use them more anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Most people outside of Silver Spring do not consider Blair especially strong apart from the Magnet program. Mostly one only hears "the best cluster on the affordable side of town" which is light praise at best.

I agree with this and don't even know if anyone outside Silver Spring really views Blair outside the magnet as the best one on the affordable side of town. Most people just write off the entire area because the schools in the east are the worst in the county etc. Look at it this way - do you know which HS in PG county is the best? Probably not, you probably just know that PG schools are bad.

I doubt that any applications outside the DCC would drop if the magnet moved to Kennedy. Within the DCC, they might drop but that could open up more sports for Kennedy students or students from the NEC who might find it more logistically feasible.

I disagree with this when we are talking about the Blair magnet. I agree if you were speaking of Blair in general. The Blair magnet is better than their home schools and they are comfortable enough with the rest of Blair (they may have had neighbors who have also gone to the magnet, they know it has an ok reputation, and it's not the worst school in the DCC). They also know that the administration knows how to integrate the magnet kids and support them.

I don't think that they would all be comfortable with Kennedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Most people outside of Silver Spring do not consider Blair especially strong apart from the Magnet program. Mostly one only hears "the best cluster on the affordable side of town" which is light praise at best.

I agree with this and don't even know if anyone outside Silver Spring really views Blair outside the magnet as the best one on the affordable side of town. Most people just write off the entire area because the schools in the east are the worst in the county etc. Look at it this way - do you know which HS in PG county is the best? Probably not, you probably just know that PG schools are bad.

I doubt that any applications outside the DCC would drop if the magnet moved to Kennedy. Within the DCC, they might drop but that could open up more sports for Kennedy students or students from the NEC who might find it more logistically feasible.

The best school in PG is the one with the magnet. Everyone I know in PG is trying for that and if they don't get in they will send their kids to private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Unlikely that those students would be willing to go to Kennedy. Program will lose its current status and selectivity. Pretty much suicide for the program.

I don't buy this. Maybe TP in boundary Blair SMAC parents won't send their kids but the OOB and other DCC parents will. For the few who will not, there are plenty of top applicants that will gladly take a spot. As long as the entire program moves, it keeps the county wide aspect and it doesn't become a watered down magnet it will have the same draw.

The parents that would be afraid to send their kid to Kennedy would have been afraid to send the kid to Blair. Outside the DCC, people aren't drawing the same distinctions that people inside the DCC draw about the areas.

They will see it as an unknown quantity. The out of boundary students know others who have gone to Blair. They know it's a strong school overall.

TP would most likely lost it's extra 25 seats which is where most if not all of the IB kids who attend the program come from. There would not be nearly as many as those slots would go to Kennedy which could use them more anyway.

The 25 seats are for the TP MS magnet which no one has mentioned moving. I don't see why that would change. Those students just like now apply to the HS magnet and compete with the other applicants. They have no guaranteed spots for Blair..though their prep at TP helps of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Unlikely that those students would be willing to go to Kennedy. Program will lose its current status and selectivity. Pretty much suicide for the program.

I don't buy this. Maybe TP in boundary Blair SMAC parents won't send their kids but the OOB and other DCC parents will. For the few who will not, there are plenty of top applicants that will gladly take a spot. As long as the entire program moves, it keeps the county wide aspect and it doesn't become a watered down magnet it will have the same draw.

The parents that would be afraid to send their kid to Kennedy would have been afraid to send the kid to Blair. Outside the DCC, people aren't drawing the same distinctions that people inside the DCC draw about the areas.

They will see it as an unknown quantity. The out of boundary students know others who have gone to Blair. They know it's a strong school overall.

Most people outside of Silver Spring do not consider Blair especially strong apart from the Magnet program. Mostly one only hears "the best cluster on the affordable side of town" which is light praise at best.

Most people outside of Silver Spring have no basis for an opinion about Blair apart from the magnet program.

[Anonymous]

I heard the county is doing this in conjunction with improving diversity by radically redrawing the W boundaries.

[Anonymous]

They're going to move all the OOB kids to a new magnet at Kennedy but keep DCC kids at Blair.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, and I heard they’re putting a special program for unaccompanied minors from Central America into Whitman and Churchill.

Speculation is fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, and I heard they’re putting a special program for unaccompanied minors from Central America into Whitman and Churchill.

Speculation is fun.

The county's blue ribbon ESL magnets will be located at Churchill and Whitman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Unlikely that those students would be willing to go to Kennedy. Program will lose its current status and selectivity. Pretty much suicide for the program.

I don't buy this. Maybe TP in boundary Blair SMAC parents won't send their kids but the OOB and other DCC parents will. For the few who will not, there are plenty of top applicants that will gladly take a spot. As long as the entire program moves, it keeps the county wide aspect and it doesn't become a watered down magnet it will have the same draw.

The parents that would be afraid to send their kid to Kennedy would have been afraid to send the kid to Blair. Outside the DCC, people aren't drawing the same distinctions that people inside the DCC draw about the areas.

They will see it as an unknown quantity. The out of boundary students know others who have gone to Blair. They know it's a strong school overall.

TP would most likely lost it's extra 25 seats which is where most if not all of the IB kids who attend the program come from. There would not be nearly as many as those slots would go to Kennedy which could use them more anyway.

The 25 seats are for the TP MS magnet which no one has mentioned moving. I don't see why that would change. Those students just like now apply to the HS magnet and compete with the other applicants. They have no guaranteed spots for Blair..though their prep at TP helps of course.

The county should address this oversight by setting aside 25 extra seats for in boundary Blair students. People from the W's don't need magnets anyway. They have a strong cohort already at their home school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, and I heard they’re putting a special program for unaccompanied minors from Central America into Whitman and Churchill.

Speculation is fun.

The county's blue ribbon ESL magnets will be located at Churchill and Whitman.

Ha that would be funny but they would still all live in Silver Spring. Your part was a joke trying to be cutting, mine isn't and is true today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard the county is doing this in conjunction with improving diversity by radically redrawing the W boundaries.

Really? I heard that MCPS is banning outdoor recess and making kindergartners have nap time followed by math facts drills. Someone on a PTA told me!

[Anonymous]

Will the move begin in 2019-20? All current students and the new class?