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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle school magnet is now a lottery for coming year too - as per just published MCPS guidelines. I suspect high school is going that way too. The Asian purge is on. [/quote]

People chase the magnets for their atypical demographics / peer groups claiming to be dying for enrichment. If they rig the selection criteria to reflect typical demographics I suspect we will see the effect accelerate that magnet programs were designed to suppress which is middle class flight form poor schools. Without prestige magnets the entire DCC would be in trouble [/quote]

Oh, this will 100% lead to middle class families leaving the county.  No doubt.

Wealthy families can stay put and pay for private.  The lower-income families will likely stay.  Without a strong middle-class, the county will flounder.  You can’t support a school system by attracting ONLY lower-income families.  Sad, but true.  We have seen it in so many urban school districts in the US.  [/quote]

Get ready for home prices to fall in Silver Spring and Takoma Park. And go up further in W school catchment areas. Bethesda, Potomac. [/quote]

Mixed area always feel downtowns disproportionately, that said they go up more as area rush towards the area’s price tolerance point as they have more room to grow. Lots of houses in this area cost what 2 highend GS can afford. The variable is what you get for that price and who you have to live next to.[/quote]

Ya have to agree the PP fails to grasp that the 1980s were over decades ago. Nobody cares about the W's. The same exact education or better can be had at MCPS school. Once people realize that these bulk test averages are a smoke screen for their mediocrity.[/quote]

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