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[quote=Anonymous]Anyone who tells you that the education at GDS (or any private school) is better than the MCPS magnets, and particularly Blair SMCS as the HS magnets remain non-lottery, is full of of it. We have plenty of friends with kids who went through Blair SMCS, RM IB and Poolesville SMCS, and they are all great and do a great job preparing kids for college and beyond.  I agree with others who say that in 5 years things will be different, but that's just the end game of MCPS' 15-year effort to eliminate the magnet programs.

If you and your kid truly are indifferent between Blair and GDS in terms of transportation and cost, then to me the biggest difference between the two is that Blair has 800 kids per grade, and GDS has 125.  They are just different environments, and most would probably prefer one of the other based on personal preference.

GDS has good STEM classes, but a kid there is just not going to be able to load up on advanced science and math classes they way they can at Blair or Poolesville. It's nice to be able to say that there are all these math and science classes offered, but the reality is that a STEM focused student might have room in their 9-12th schedules for only 3-5 "extra" science/math classes beyond Calculus and bio/chem/physics.  CS course offerings at GDS are weak, but maybe that's OK given the impact of AI.[/quote]

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