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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The funny thing is that RHS and RM have always been rivals.  RHS has always had a better reputation— hence the purpose of the magnet program.[/quote]
RMHS *used* to be not so great.  The reputation has changed, and yes, part of it was the IB program which draws upper/middle income people to the cluster.

RHS rating = 5; college readiness 6
RMHS rating = 7 college readiness 8

Wood MS rating  = 7
JW MS rating = 8

Yes IB magnet at RM raises the test scores, but saying that without IB magnet at RM the school would be only so so is like saying that the W schools would be so so if there were less wealthy people. The school is what it is *because* of the programs and students who attend that school, and that does include the magnet kids.[/quote]
It's also worth pointing out that the demographics of RM have changed a lot since the days when the magnet program was first put there. You've had Fallsgrove, King Farm (most of which is zoned for RM) and Park Potomac built since then, and that's all fairly wealthy housing that feeds into the cluster. Rockville, HS, to my knowledge, hasn't had a similar development boom in the cluster over the last few decades.[/quote]

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