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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a weird direction this thread has taken... To get back to the original question, I think the Blair magnet would be least likely to be affected by this program review, since it gets good results and attention for MCPS. [b] If they were to cut anything, I think it would be the HGC and middle school magnet programs.[/b]  [/quote]

You may be right, but of course we are all just speculating here. I definitely agree with you that they are unlikely to touch the Blair magnet because it delivers some national prestige. I also think a very strong case can be made to maintain the HGCs and middle school magnets because they serve the very real needs of advanced learners, whereas the language immersion programs, while very cool to be able to offer, seem like luxuries in an era of shrinking budgets and seismic shifts in demographics.

Given these changing demographics and the needs of ESL students, my bet is the county decides to shift away from the immersion models to more bi-lingual learning centers.

But, again, I'm just speculating.

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I agree that MCPS is not going to shut down the Blair magnet, for the reason PP mentioned, that it's a high-profile program that delivers national prestige. I don't get the impression that it's very expensive to run, relative to educating the same kids elsewhere in the system.

I do think that at some level, MCPS is motivated by desires to (a) keep middle class families in MCPS as a whole, and (b) to ship some of the kids downcounty. I don't know where they decide that the costs are exceeding the unquantifiable benefits of continuing to offer these programs.[/quote]

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