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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi all- OP here, just wanted to say thank you for all the thoughtful and detailed answers! Looks increasingly likely that we will follow the well-trod (trodden?) path from NWDC to MOCO. I will bookmark some of these links - really appreciate it [/quote]

I don’t think anyone has mentioned the (small) benefit of living in-bounds for Takoma Park Middle School if you’re aiming for the TPMS magnet. There are 25 seats set aside for in-bounds TPMS students, so it can be slightly easier to get into the program from in-bounds.

They still have to meet the cutoff scores to be placed in the lottery pool—and plenty of in-bounds kids will—but you’d be competing against a somewhat proportionally smaller pool  in the lottery for those in-bounds MS STEM magnet spots, vs. the whole downcounty pool vying for the other 100 slots.

Still nothing guaranteed, but at least your kid would have access to the same extracurricular math teams that the magnet kids would. And they have an amazing instrumental music program, if your kid is into that. [/quote]

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