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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it true that 25 seats are reserved for inbound students?  Can anyone provide an official cite for this info? [/quote]

It's true and IMO MCPS should restrict the entire program to in-boundary students since it would reduce busing costs.[/quote]

:roll: Where are you going to get the super-achievers from then?  The majority of in-bound students are low performing. The high performing in-bound students are already in the program.  The program by itself does not make the super-achievers.  Families and SES plays a role.  Bethesda and Potomac still remains the best bet to provide that support to their students as well as providing the usual high achieving racial groups.

Do you expect high performing students and their highly educated and successful parents to leave their Bethesda homes and move to TPMS?  They would rather go to their home W school.  The whole magnet program and the attempt to close the achievement gap will fail if these students start going to their home schools.  Eventually, the losers will be those high achieveing students from all racial groups who are not rich enough to be in Bethesda.  [/quote]

Are you out of your mind?  Sorry your Bethesda/Potomac child did not get in.  There are high achieving kids everywhere.  The set aside of the 25 seats is a historical compromise, but it doesn't really matter anymore.  TP is a very intellectual area (lots of college professors live there and other science-y types) and their kids are very bright.  The TP kids perform very well [b]and likely would've gotten in anyway.[[/b]/quote]

I doubt many people really believe that.

Also one can look at how many local kids get in the Blair Magnet program.
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