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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a couple of kids living in Bethesda who went to Eastern/Takoma then Blair. The commute is brutal, and [b]there have been problems with behavioral problems on the bus.[/b] The parents organized a carpool because it got so bad. My youngest goes to Westland, and despite a much shorter commute, I pick her up as well, because the afternoon bus is always full of fights and screams, and it's stressing out my kid. Imagine what it's like with a longer commute (and a change of buses!).

So even though attending families have always had great things to say about the magnet content in the Eastern/Takoma/Blair middle and high school, there are some operational downsides.

Also, since the kids I know have either already graduated or are in their senior year, the parents have realized that it [b]makes college admissions harder[/b], or at least, doesn't make them easier. Kids compete with their cohort, and it's really hard to stand out among magnet peers. Just FYI...

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Middle school magnet doesn’t have anything to do with college. But that said, DC and Eastern friends ended up at top 20 schools, Ivies or Stanford. Not true for all kids because there is wide socioeconomic diversity, and, unfortunately, many brilliant Eastern kids choose less expensive schools or schools closer to home for financial reasons.

Blair magnet kids are actually helped at Ivies due to Blair magnet’s rep (science/math not CAP) plus many Blair mag students actually get full rides to UMD and prefer that because many will go on to grad programs & UMD has good programs.

Not sure what the bus situation was but magnet buses were always lovely - no fighting.  Magnet kids only on those buses, and they are too busy with school to bother fighting.

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