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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Thank you for these responses.  To answer some questions, we are looking for schools that have a large enough cohort of kids at and above grade level that there are classes and programs geared towards them (our local middle school has almost no kids at or above grade level) .  If this criterion is met, we are ok with high farms.  I hadn't thought about school within school issues. Sounds like sligo and ssims might be better than eastern. Was surprised to hear favoring ssims over eastern given that the latter feeds into Blair and the former into Northwood and Blair is generally considered to be better. [/quote]

There’s some bias on this board toward Blair because of the STEM magnet and CAP. But Northwood has the prestigious Middle College program that allows students to earn an associate’s degree before their HS diploma. Come fall, I will have a 9th grader in MC2 at Northwood and a 9th grader in the comprehensive program at Blair. I expect both will do well. If the Blair freshman struggles more initially, I suspect it will be because he is new to MCPS and came from a tiny private school. I also had an older child graduate from comprehensive at Blair and except for one math class and one French class, the students in her classes were motivated.

Eastern offers both on level and advanced classes. However, as everywhere else in MCPS, advanced isn’t really advanced. It is what every other school system in the DMV would consider on level. Most MS in MCPS dropped their on level classes around 6 years ago and just did mixed ability under the title advanced. Eastern fought to keep on level courses in order to offer additional support to students who need remediation, but may not have an IEP or 504.  A few other schools have done this as well. [/quote]

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