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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does MCPS have a school similar to TJ in Virginia?  What school would that be?[/quote]
No. They have magnet programs embedded in different schools. The top three in demand are Blair, Richard Montgomery, and Poolesville. But there are many more. 
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/high/ [/quote]

Are they any good?  Is it a difficult process to get in?  I had a foster child this year who went to an engineering magnet  middle school and I was shocked at how easy her classes were and how bad her teachers were.  [/quote]
This year was a poor year to judge anything by. Classes covered much less content and the grading system was changed to be very generous.

What middle school are you talking about? MCPS doesn’t have an engineering magnet. If you meant Parkland MMS, be aware that the school is a whole school magnet and students in the entire catchment area are assigned by lottery (plus one here from out of area, also chosen by lottery.) It’s a very different program from a competitive application based magnet.[/quote]

Says the employee of MCPS.  Note: everyone in MoCo has a family member who works for the schools so they have vested interest in pretending it’s not an utter s*** show.  The only good thing about MoCo are the cram schools - mathnaseum, Kumon, Et al.  Everyone now realizes after Covid - it’s just a place to meet friends.  The real work occurs after school.  (South Korean model of education)[/quote]

OP here.  Yes, it was Parkland Middle School.  I was surprised at how easy some of her teachers were.  She'd show up to class, the teacher would take attendance, and then she would let them leave.  I actually thought my foster dd was lying so I made sure to listen in a few times.  Sure enough the teacher kept her for a total of 4 minutes.  Other teachers did similar the orchestra teacher would say go practice for the whole class, or English teacher would say go read a book.

Also, my children attend other MCPS schools and we couldn't be happier with them.  They are not an utter s***show.  I was so impressed that they turned a sucky year into the best they could.[/quote]

Hey OP - please consider that your foster daughter might not appreciate you sharing this story here. As foster parents, we have a special obligation not to break confidence - even more so than for our bio kids. Advertising that a girl child at Parkland, who does orchestra, was placed in foster care in another part of the county and that her foster mom "thought she was lying" about school isn't exactly showing the level of respect we've been trained to show these kids. [/quote]

Thanks for helping to keep their confidence.  She was in another elective that was different than orchestra.  Just using it as a for instance.  Many details were changed.  Pretty sure that you would not be able to tell who she was even if you were a teacher there.  [/quote]

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