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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've had kids at both in recent years, and it is honestly kind of a wash.

TPMS has a much nicer facility, but is going to get a lot bigger in two years, when the student population is also going to become much higher needs, demographically.

SSIMS has a much stronger principal, but I've been around MCPS long enough to know that a principal that strong is almost never allowed to just....stay and be good at their job. He'll be pulled to the Central Office or the high school level.

The magnet/non-magnet vibe at TPMS is less of an issue than it used to be, now that everyone knows there is a lottery component.

The music comment is a toss-up. TPMS is in a rebuilding year for its orchestra/band programs because the magnet kids went down to one elective and a lot of them prioritized language over music, which makes sense since many of them play outside of school and school orchestra was just a bonus

Both schools have active parent communities, but I did find the SSIMS PTA pretty hard to break into socially because it's mostly French Immersion families who have been working together for 7 years already. It's fine - I don't need to be best friends with the PTA, but it was a little insular which led me to stop trying to get involved.

You don't have a bad choice. I'd prioritize the house that works for you, with a light eye to high school although both Northwood and Blair are going to be perfectly fine.

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Chunks of SSIMS catchment will now be Einstein. All the Woodlin kids coming with the redistricting and not to French immersion. We are one of those families and really active in PTA so we will see how that works out. [/quote]

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