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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Give me a break. The Blair magnet serves more than 400 students, it has served thousands of moco families well over the years, stabilized and improved the largest and most diverse high school in Maryland (Go Blazers), and brought national rep to the school district. Pretty good ROI. I would care about that collateral damage. [/quote]

400 a year is not very much, given the need.  That's 100 per grade.[/quote]

Well, even the 400 is a little bit of a "hide the ball" situation. Of the 100 kids per grade, only a handful are taking the massively accelerated courses that might not be sustainable when the program is duplicated.

When people talk about the "gem" that is SMCS, they don't actually mean that 400 kids per year are taking Linear Algebra or Organic Chemistry. Most Blair magnet kids are taking a normal math progression, ending with Multivariable or AP Statistics, and a normal math progression ending with Physics C (or whatever).

A very small number of kids are doing much more, and there is a critical mass of ES and MS parents who are convinced their children will be in that group, and who are lamenting what they perceive to be a loss of programs.

But it actually doesn't make sense to stand up a magnet around 15 kids per year, and I credit Taylor for being willing to walk away from the madness.

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This is what doesn't make sense.  If they aren't doing anything really accelerated, what's the point of it beyond bragging rights?  I'd expect these kids to complete MV and Linear Algebra.  It doesn't seem to make sense financially.  [/quote]

It doesn’t make sense because this poster is totally wrong. SMCS kids may be taking AP exams, but they’re not taking standard AP courses. No Blair SMCS kid takes AP Stats - they have a magnet stats class.

Kids who do what the PP describes would not be completing the program requirements for SMCS.

https://old.mbhs.edu/departments/magnet/courses.php

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