Reply to Did MCPS do a sneaky thing for the magnet lotteries?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Did MCPS do a sneaky thing for the magnet lotteries?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote]People in the west of the county opt out due to the bus ride and the fact that they won’t have a friend group there. It’s honestly a bit tiresome how much of this county is geared toward benefiting TPSS while they spend their time sneering at everyone else.[/quote]

I mean, the unincorporated area known as Silver Spring makes up a huge part of Montgomery County, and an even larger part of the territory that feeds into the downcounty magnets. It should not surprise anyone that kids from Silver Spring are over-represented in the downcounty magnets, because kids from Silver Spring are over-represented on the territory we're talking about.

I have a child at Eastern, and I feel lucky that we live close enough that it's not a huge imposition. I'm not sure I'd have supported my child taking the spot if it had meant a 45 minute bus ride. But it is also a delapidated building, a program that has traditionally demanded a ton from the kids in terms of homework, and a subject matter that not every single kid is going to think is fascinating.

Basically, I find it really probable that many Western county kids were admitted to Eastern and declined. I hope they are very happy in their home schools (and I suspect they are). But the most sneering that I see on this board is actually from West county parents who claim there wouldn't even BE a magnet program if their own kids weren't bussed over to this side of the county to fill it. It turns out that's not actually true. A lot of kids come from nearby, some kids come from a touch further away, and then some really die-hard Humanities/media lovers endure a long bus ride for something they truly love. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics