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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m very lost on this whole thing. My friend’s son in Wheaton area was able to apply to several schools. [b]But we are in the Seneca Valley cluster.[/b] Does that mean our only options are SVHS, Poolesville magnets and Thomas Edison? As for Poolesville, I a have high achieving student who is in compacted math but was not selected for MS magnet. Humanities and Ecology would be of the most interest, but are you unlikely to get in if not already in magnet program? Also, my child is currently in 7th grade. When does this process for HS start?[/quote]
First of all - congratulations! Your child will be in a brand new building at Seneca Valley with access to a lot of new programs as well as an existing IB program.

Understanding all of the options available for students in different geographical areas was one of the problems identified in the Metis study of choice programs in the county. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/info/choice/ChoiceStudyReport-Version2-20160307.pdf

One of the changes that MCPS has made is to provide a individualized letter for each student based on their address for all of the programs that they are eligible to apply for in high school. My 8th grader got this letter hardcopy in September and in the myMCPS Portal in the documents folder. It provided links to all of the various programs for information and also online application. MCPS is also providing access to more programs that were specialty programs within a school. For example, Gaithersburg HS has a Project Lead the Way Biomed program that this year students from Magruder, Watkins Mill, and Clarksburg(?) were allowed to apply to.

Parents are notified in 3rd grade and 5th grade about testing for CES and Middle School magnet programs via letter and phone calls. Other option programs such as the language immersion programs are also heavily advertised (although I don't know about letters since my kids are too old for that.)[/quote]

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