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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Region 1 doesn't look too bad to me.

BCC is supposed to be kind of decent right?  And there have often been positive posts about Einstein.

I think the main questions would be how Blair looks if they removed the county wide magnet program.  And I'm not entirely sure of Northwood (as in I don't think I've heard too much about it.  Know some people with siblings that graduated from there but that's it.)

Based on test scores/FARMs rates, I would say region 5 looks the most questionable.  Northwest is an average/above average school.  The rest of the schools are projected to have at least 35% FARMS, including the new Crown HS.  With Watkins Mill over 60% FARMS and Gaithersburg HS hovering close to there.  Option 3 has Seneca Valley hovering around it's current 35% FARMS but the rest of the options has it around 45%.[/quote]

MCPS overall average is 44% FARMS. Totally reasonable for a grouping of high schools to be at that average. Parents who are shocked by it are a symptom of how divided the system currently is and how out of touch some parents are.[/quote]

Using FARMS rate is just a nice way of trying to point out why a school isn't good, while trying not to offend anyone.  The issue with region 5 is it groups the bottom ranked MCPS High Schools according to US News, which probably corresponds with FARMs rates together:
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/districts/montgomery-county-public-schools-104047

Seneca Valley, Gaithersburg and Watkins Mill make up three of the bottom four regular pubic MCPS high schools according to the rankings.

Northwest might be the strongest out of the group but it's not W school level in terms of rankings, test scores, FARMS rate, etc.  Crown at best might be about Northwest level.

So this region doesn't look that balanced compared to some of the other regions.

But until more details come out, I don't really see the region groupings being that big of a deal and changing which schools a large group of students would go to.[/quote]

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