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[quote=Anonymous]Regarding PHS- 3 magnets are competitive Global, Humanities and SMCS, the fourth one is the consolation prize for everyone not in magnet is Independent Studies.

When they opened up the Global program to out of boundary kids, it used to be that they reserved 30 of the 90 of the Global seats for local students, 10 of 60 Humanities seats and 10 of SMC seats for local students. As the programs have become more competitive, they have dropped these reservations for local kids. There was a big shake up maybe 8(?) years ago. Now they only want “local” representation in each program.  My kid who is a current student and local thinks only about 10 of the 120 kids who graduated with him from John Poole are in any of the criteria based programs and they score similarly on standardized tests etc. Since Poolesville’s reputation has improve quite substantially over the last two decades, being in the ISP program is not looked down upon. There are quite a few number of smart kids who opt out of applying/ accepting spots in magnet so they have more schedule choices.  [/quote]

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