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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For some background, BCC in the 40s-60s was one of the top 5 high schools in the country year after year. By the 90s its reputation had dropped a number of notches as demographics changed and the school age population dropped. Its beautiful historic building was showing its age and was not well maintained. Implementing IB in the mid 90s alongside AP classes helped to boost the perception of the school. Then the school was substantially renovated. BCC’s reputation for the past 20 years has been on the upswing and the school grew in size. It is currently viewed as one of the best high schools in MCPS. To answer your question, Whitman HS is more uniformly wealthy so it appears better on some stats. The other W schools also have high percentages of Asian families in particular who moved to those districts specifically due to the schools’ high academic stats. [/quote]

I recently came across this old article from 2002 - it was interesting to read about its renovation and history (this does not include the more recent addition): https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/02/02/at-md-high-school-a-rebuilding-and-rebirth/9a0502af-e5a7-4403-b293-2d6f0112316e/[/quote]

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