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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does MCPS have a school similar to TJ in Virginia?  What school would that be?[/quote]
No. They have magnet programs embedded in different schools. The top three in demand are Blair, Richard Montgomery, and Poolesville. But there are many more. 
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/high/ [/quote]

Are they any good?  Is it a difficult process to get in?  I had a foster child this year who went to an engineering magnet  middle school and I was shocked at how easy her classes were and how bad her teachers were.  [/quote]
Blair magnet is a rough equivalent of TJ. Probably, slightly less rigorous but equally difficult to get in. RM magnet is humanities so can't be compared to TJ. 
Don't know much about Poolesville.[/quote]

Wheaton also has stem magnets.[/quote]

Only 3 magnets in MoCo HS - PHS, RM/IB, and Blair STEM. Others call themselves "magnet" but they are not true magnets[/quote]

That's just untrue. Blair/CAP is criteria-based, as are the regional IB programs, Wheaton BioMedical Engineering, and the portfolio-based Einstein Visual Arts Program.

There are probably some others I'm forgetting, but it's certainly not just the three you mentioned. [/quote]

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