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[quote=Anonymous][b]I mean, you can embrace a whole conspiracy theory that supposes decisions made in the 1980s around magnet placement were informed by voting/donation patterns in 2022. OR, you could accept the official narrative which is also a lot more believable, which is:[/b]

Let's look closer to see if you're correct?

[b]Those were schools that had space[/b]

"In addition to the elementary center program for highly gifted students, the Takoma Park ES Primary Magnet [..]. All home school students are reviewed as candidates for this primary magnet. Additionally, 16 seats in each grade are available for non-home school students through the application process"
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/info/choice/ChoiceStudyReport-Version2-20160307.pdf

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/TakomaParkPineyBranchES.pdf

[b]Those were schools that are near a huge swathe of the MoCo population. Putting these programs near population centers makes a lot of sense.[/b]

the Board approved the opening of a Math, Science, and Computer Science magnet  program at Montgomery Blair HS in 1982, and created middle (then called intermediate) school magnet programs at Takoma Park MS in 1984 and Eastern MS in 1986. Unlike their counterparts at the elementary level, these programs utilized selective admissions criteria to identify students to participate in the rigorous instruction programs offered
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/info/choice/ChoiceStudyReport-Version2-20160307.pdf

[b]Those were schools that MCPS wanted to ensure remained integrated [/b]

Regional competition on a selective admissions criteria makes it much more difficult to enter the magnet program in MS than ES.  Since only TPES home school area received the primary magnet benefit and TPMS was using Regional selective admissions this conclusion does not follow?  Why only TPES?[/quote]

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