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[quote=Anonymous]Not a mom here, but no current horse in this race, and it looks like a nasty race for magnet spots (so glad I don't have to deal with this).

My sister is thinking of moving into the DMV, preferably near me, before her oldest daughter starts middle school, and is trying to decide where to do their house search this summer.  Her oldest is good at math, but probably not TPMS good.  (Her younger daughter is in K, so there's no telling what her future holds, but a good ES would be important for first grade.)  DCC seems better for her husband's expected commute (he will be looking for a lawyer job in downtown DC), and she is still searching for a job for after the move, and, while they're not looking to spend $500k on a house, they're open to ideas.

How often are students who are in the local genpop at Eastern invited to remaining open spots in the magnet?  Is priority given to students who moved into the area over the summer (and would not have been considered in the first round?  (So much for her plan to wait until a transition year to move to make settling in easier.)  Can she still get good English and social studies classes if she's not in the magnet?  Are there other local schools with a strong humanities program where math is still decent?  Should I just tell her to go live in VA where most of my lawyer coworkers live?  (I hear Arlington doesn't have any test-in magnet mess.)[/quote]

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