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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the encouragement for Round 2. I didn't think that would really help, especially if desired school is Blair, but maybe DC can get in that way. I don't know who posted about getting in for merit for music, but that is exactly where we are at. DC REALLY wants to study music at Blair. It has the best music program in the DCC (and I'm sure it is ranked very high in the whole county). According to DC's MS music teacher, Northwood has the worst music program because they cut the music teacher position to less than full time and we heard that teacher quit. Northwood has a music academy which we thought would be a good second choice but apparently it is not.  Why is there no application program for Blair music?? Or any county music program? :-/[/quote]

NP here, and with a MS-aged child so no skin in this particular game yet.

MCPS has considered an audition-based performing arts school, but it is unclear whether they are going to move foward on it at this point. It was one of the options on the table for Woodward, but the architectural plans that have been made public don't seem to suggest they are rehabbing that space with the goal of performing arts  and practice spaces.

In your position, maybe the way forward is to do the second round application, but also look at some non-school options for music. Both DC Youth Orchestra and College Park Youth Orchestra have amazing programs, and if your child is really quite talented, they can audition for one of the more competitive groups. [/quote]

Someone on here suggested the idea of making VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts Academy) a county wide program. Einstein has the best visual art, dance , and theatre program in the county. They should[b] just expand it[/b] to other like their Visual Art Center.[/quote]

How do they expand it without expanding Einstein, which as it is will be 500 overcapacity in a few years?[/quote]

Isn’t the purpose of Woodward to relieve crowding at schools like Einstein? That’s not even a problem for a theory like this. The Visual Art Center and other county-wide programs itself don’t have overcrowding issues. Why? Because they have a certain number of seats available and choose best fit for the program. Einstein VAPA can run a similar way. Once again, Einstein has one of the strongest arts program in the county so I don’t see why this is a issue. Is it because competition would be too high and everyone’s child wouldn’t make it in?[/quote]

How do define strong performing arts program? Can you provide evidence that Einstein has one of the strongest performing arts programs in the county.[/quote]

Einstein theatre program has won/nominated for countless Cappies Awards and was invited to an international theatre festival held at Scotland for the best theatre programs in the US. There was a huge fundraiser for it back in 2014. Einstein Dance Company is very competitive and 2 dancers from the program were honored as “All State Dancers” at the Maryland High School Showcase. Einstein Latin team has also won countless 1st place awards and the Einstein Dance team is in Division 1 (The only DCC school that ever accomplished that). However, I don’t know much about their band since the old instructor left but paired wit the Visual Art Center Einstein is the best choice for a performer.[/quote]

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