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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeannie said something at some point about how they had looked at magnet programs in other large districts similar to MCPS and that many/most of them do lotteries for placement rather than ranking candidates.

Anyone know where she might be referring to?  [/quote]

"School districts similar to MCPS" meaning bad districts? Most of those probably do use lotteries.

Good districts? Do not

TJ
IMSA
Stuyvesant 
Frazer

And of course the top performing privates like GDS and Exeter and Proof School don't use lotteries.

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Compare MCPS to FCPS.   MCPS boundary slop ends up with Churchill at 112.6%  capacity and is relying on transfers out for programs.  Remove Blair and Richard Montgomery IB could result in lower movement out of Churchill.  https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/25/mcps-end-countywide-program-consortia/   https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/02/24/richard-montgomery-ptas-speak-out-on-school-boundaries/

FCPS runs TJ and TJ has no base school/geographic students and is an application process.  FCPS has 8 IB high schools.  Drain on the budget and Robinson runs IB and AP.   None are magnets like the successful program in MCPS RMHS.  [/quote]

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