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[quote=Anonymous]First, not all special programs are placed in low performing schools.  Second, regardless of why a magnet was initially placed, the reason it is where it is today is inertia (more teachers than students).  There was talk of moving CAP at one point and the teachers squashed it before parents even heard anything.

The magnets do not mask a low performing school.  The way schools are rated has everything to do with how demographic subgroups perform comparatively (achievement gap, anyone?).  If a magnet like Blair is predominantly White/Asian that would actually raise the average scores in groups that already do well and have no effect on underachieving groups (did you see the  Blair/Sherwood thread?), so the gap with magnet would be greater at Blair.  But of course, MCPS knows how to calculate averages without including magnet students when they aren't studying the magnet.

Anyway, don't worry, Blair is not being damaged because it hosts the magnet.  But, if the decision were being made today, the choice would probably be different, say Woodward.[/quote]

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