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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just checked my Eastern magnet program directory and there are 11 pages of Silver Spring addresses vs. 7 pages of addresses from the rest of the catchment area: Bethesda, C. Chase, Potomac, Rockville, Olney, Burtonsville, Gaithersburg, Kensington.  So unless you think there are 60% more qualified kids in Silver spring, I think the location does disadvantage kids who live far away from the MS magnet programs which are both located in the same area.[/quote]

[b]You are missing one of the reasons that magnets were created - to bring higher achieving kids into higher poverty schools[/b].

In my opinion, he far bigger disparity is the quality of the non-magnet middle schools in w schools vs. east county. Many families in silver spring see the magnets as a way out of a not so great school. I think access to high quality regular middle schools more than makes up for the distance to a magnet that your kid may or may not get into.[/quote]

Should that really be the goal of a magnet?[/quote]
+1.  I don't think it should be the goal of a magnet program for academically advanced kids.
Also if you are in an advanced class in a silver spring middle school like SSI or Newport Mill or Sligo you will have a peer group that is comparable/the same as the peer group in a "W" school and the curriculum IS the same.[/quote]

[b]But there are no advanced classes in middle school anymore[/b] except math and English. I like east county schools, but this is my biggest concern for my kids education in silver spring. I think your comment does apply in high school.

I think the history of the magnets is that they are a fairly non controversial way to integrate schools. I'm not sure how well it works in practice, but it seems to have boosted Blair's reputation.[/quote]

No more gifted  classes in middle school besides English and math? What??? When  did this happen? Is this true for all middle schools? What about high schools? This is truly unfortunate.  Where was the uproar? [/quote]

I don't have direct experience with middle school yet, but my understanding is that this change happened a few years ago.  I think they say that all kids are in "advanced" classes now.  I think that there are still true honors/AP classes in high school. [/quote]

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