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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then why do so many people apply?  The applicants aren't all coming from bad middle schools.  [/quote]
We have a kid in a magnet MS and we are zoned for a "W" school.  Majority of kids are from Silver Spring.  There are also quite a few kids from Rockville and Potomac but relatively few from Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington (the WJ and BCC parts of Kensington).  We wondered whether it was necessary to send DS to a magnet MS as his home middle school is very good.  What we've discovered is that the curriculum is much better (they go deeper, make connections across disciplines, go faster), the expectations are higher and the peer group is fantastic.  He would have been fine in his "W" MS but he is so much better off at the magnet MS.  It has been amazing.  I'm not sure if most families from the "W" middle schools are aware of how much better the magnet MS schools are.  [/quote-

Another W school parent here, same experience.  My first went to a W-district MS and my second to a magnet.  No comparison, the magnet is hands-down better in every way. [/quote]

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