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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]wootton, whitman and churchill are considered the better HS[/b].

All are pretty competitive academically (lots of AP's, high sat scores etc)

you can't go wrong academically with any of them.

it might be a little easier to find a lower cost house in wootton than the other two districts[/quote]

You are comparing apples and oranges.  It may be that Wootton, Whitman & Churchill are considered the better high schools.  But OP isn't really asking about high schools; she is asking about a high school compared to a competitive-admission magnet program.  The RM IB program (not RM itself, but the [u]IB program[/u]) is an extremely selective, very rigorous program that is likely superior to the experience available at these high schools.  IMO anyone who is qualified and admitted should GO and not miss out on that experience.

I have a child at a Whitman feeder middle school and another at the math/science magnet at Takoma Park MS.  The magnet child is getting a superior middle school experience, hands-down, than the one that the well-regarded Whitman feeder MS child is.  No question at all - and notwithstanding that one child is at a reputedly "better" school.

OP, go for it.[/quote]

Totally agree with this.  I have one child in a very "desirable" middle school and one in a middle school magnet.  The education the magnet chid is getting is just far superior to anything the regular middle school kid is getting.  It's actually enfuriating -- there's no reason they couldn't provide this kind of interesting, stimulating and enriched content to the regular MS kids.   A lot of it is faster paced, etc., but the actual interesting content could be suitable for any MS kid and would provide a lot more engagement and interest.

IMO, any magnet is better than the regular curriculum and choosing the regular curriculum, even at one of the "W' schools, is not the better choice, particularly if you have a student whose ability allows them admission to all the magnets.
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