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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you to PPs for the Blair HS recommendation!  I would not have known as the Greater School rating is a 5 out of 10  :( 
I like the racial distribution a lot but this school is big, no? 
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I'm not the PP, but Blair is enormous and the size can mask a lot of good things happening there. I don't have kids at Blair, but I am in-bounds. All of the Blair kids I know (and it's all of the high school aged kids in the neighborhood over the last decade) are successful, well-adjusted, socially conscious and engaged, and go on to great colleges and universities.

If the GS score scares you, I get it, but I would put it on your list of schools to get to know a bit better and go beyond the score. Click around the website, look at student government and other initiatives and note the critical mass of high-performing kids of color. It's a pretty special place.

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It sounds like any HS in MCPS which has the diversity the OP needs, would work fine?[/quote]

+1 The highest "ranked" schools are all going to lack the diversity OP is looking for. Of the highly ranked schools, B-CC is the most diverse. If commute isn't a problem (and maybe it isn't based on OP looking in either HCPS or MCPS), then Quince Orchard is a great suggestion. But if she doesn't have $1m+ for B-CC and needs a decent commute to DC, TPMS to Blair is a strong option.  [/quote]

The houses by Rosemary Hills and Rick Creek Forrest do not cost $1M+ and are inbounds for BCC. Also there are lots of apartments that are.[/quote]

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