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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Performing arts, especially theater, criteria program to Northwood.

This NEVER should have been changed and we will fight for it.[/quote]

Why? Northwood’s theatre program is about on the same level as Blair’s — kind of like fast food: not terrible, not gourmet, just decent.[/quote]

Completely false and just ignorant.[/quote]

OP is has a point. My child isn’t zoned for either Northwood or Einstein, but if I had to choose, I’d go with Einstein. Even then, I’d try to see if my child could stay at their home school for part of the day and take arts classes at Einstein in the afternoon.
Also, I don’t think Whitman should hand over Humanities to Northwood when most of their students end up at MC anyway. The MC College program is [b]pitch perfect[/b] for Northwood. I really don’t get what the complaints are about.[/quote]

This sounds really ignorant from someone whose kid isn't in the schools we're talking about. Whitman would not be "handing over" their Humanities magnet, because it doesn't exist yet. MCPS has proposed to give them one, and no one understands why.

As to "most students end up at MC" I'd be interested to see where you got the numbers to support that. In addition, Northwood has a new, larger building scheduled for opening in 2027, and the boundary of its catchment area is being redrawn to fill the building and relieve overcrowding from other schools. The academic profile of the Northwood HS students will be a lot different in 5-10 years than what it is today.[/quote]

This is a gross misunderstanding of the middle college program. It’s a way for kids to do their associate’s while still in high school and then only need 2-2.5 years at a four year school. For my child, MC2 meant getting to UMD with enough credits that she could graduate only five semesters after high school. [/quote]

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