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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I looked into the elementary CES program and the magnet middle schools for the first time yesterday, and I was surprised that the downcounty middle schools are both located all the way in the southeast corner of the county. I live just about as far as you can get from them and still be assigned to them. I stopped reading more at that point because the commute would be way too long, but I'm curious as to why MCPS chose schools on the edge of the county rather than a more centralized location that could realistically accommodate the whole area it serves (like Wheaton or Kensington). Or is the goal NOT to accommodate the whole area? Is it meant to benefit the neighborhoods on that side of the county? I know there is a lot of disparity throughout the county, and I am not criticizing that resources need to be allocated accordingly.

Sorry if this is a dumb question - I just want to know more of the 'why' of these programs and not just what is posted on the MCPS website.[/quote]
We refused to send our kid to Eastern for just this reason. They should take up the spare capacity at Westland by adding a magnet there and should have added a magnet at Tilden instead of the other programs they added there. [/quote]

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