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[quote=Anonymous]What’s happening in MCPS is interesting, but I thought they promised everyone would have access to AP?  The changes will actually make it more like FCPS.  So before you move, I would consider what you are looking for.  With an sea change in student body composition, all of the schools will change as well.

Your magnet programs are a bit different than FCPS so it’s not quite analogous.  With the consortium in MCPS, HSs had a lot of flexibility to specialize.  In FCPS most kids go to their base HS.  There are a few academies that run all 4 years (including an engineering one at Edison if that’s of interest to your STEM kid) and some academies in trades that run 2 years.  There is also the STEM governor’s school, Thomas Jefferson, that has a very competitive admissions process.

All base HSs have honors and AP or IB classes.  They all have opportunities for kids to specialize and excel.  There are plenty of snobs on this forum who will tell you that your socioeconomic demographic at certain schools equates to better education.  Don’t believe them.  There are great schools at all socioeconomic levels in FCPS.

If you’re running from MCPS because your base HS has been high poverty, that will look really different once the consortium is disbanded.  IME engaged parents matter much more than anything else.  There are opportunities to participate in sports and clubs at your base HS in MoCo that might have been prohibitive in a wealthier school.  I say this as relatively well off parent that stuck with our local HS in FCPS that has a high FARMS rate.  My kids have played on all the teams they’ve wanted to, gotten to do academic and social clubs and have leadership roles, and have had an excellent education in the IB program. [/quote]

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