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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montgomery Blair became a magnet decades ago to stem white flight. That is widely known, and has been written about.  [/quote]

Apparently Taylor is not aware even though it happened when he was a HSchooler at BCC (guess he must be very busy with varsity sports and stuff). Like Whitman parents argued here, they didn't want their kids to apply Blair SMCS at the first place due to long commute. Therefore, after subtracting the W's study body, Blair SMCS will decline rapidly. The county can rest back on their own segregation of people-alike. [/quote]

This is what makes no sense to me.  You move away or don't choose a community because of the school but then bus your kids there.  There are plenty of smart kids in the DCC who could fill the spots or even if its regional.  Most end up going to MC Senior year as their schools don't have the class offerings.[/quote]

The magnet program began in 1985, precisely to bus students into Montgomery Blair HS, which then had poorest catchment area in the county. It's still has very high poverty neighborhoods. MCPS succeeded over the past 40-plus years in creating a highly desirable high school. Hopefully the changes don't negatively affect what made Blair a national success story over the past half century. [/quote]

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