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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am one of the posters that defended the TPMS parent with the inbound kid accepted to the magnet program. While I don't think (or rather hope) the "bitterness" from the negative posts are directed at the parent, the real travesty is the sheer incompetence of MCPS. For the amount of money that MCPS has, the fact that enriched curriculum is offered to only a select few makes absolutely no sense.

There is a definite 2 tier system of middle schools - schools that nurture students that need that enrichment and those that completely ignore them. I can totally understand why parents that end up in schools where their high performing kids get ignored are upset when factors like a lottery is  the only way to get into the "other" tier school.

MCPS needs to step up its game badly![/quote]

The problem comes in part from parents who see a value in something being rare and exclusive. It doesn't cost any more money to add more advanced classes, or to expand a program to different schools (as is being done with the IB), but you still have people who think their child's acceptance is proof of some kind of status they don't want just anyone to have. [/quote]

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/ib/ib-colleges-20-22.pdf

RMIB vs W school- chose home school[/quote]

sure but if you are interested in elite college outcomes you should go with RMIB which does much better [/quote]

Says what data? [/quote]

This is one of the constant debates on DCUM and it never really gets resolved. There is data that comes out about where kids end up accepting, but it's not broken up by magnet/mainstream student population. So then folks claim to have gone through the Instagram and "know" each kid with an elite acceptance is from the magnet.

The reporting also doesn't tell you who is a recruited athlete, who is a fourth generation legacy, etc.

Here's my two cents, and you can take them for what they are worth. For elite college admissions, RMIB vs. W School vs. Blair (or whatever) does not really matter.  The bar for HPSY admissions coming from a DC-area HS in 2024 is so high that the question of which excellent HS they attended is moot. They are differentiating themselves outside of school, acing standardized tests, and excelling in whatever high-rigor classes they take. The question of whether that means a bunch of APs at Whitman or the IB program at RM is not going make or break one of those applications. [/quote][/quote]

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