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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The magnet will have enough applicants regardless of whether they make the info session virtual.  It’s not like there’s incentive to reach more people.  It’s a program only for the most advanced and motivated.[/quote]

Having a parent able to drive you to Blair on a school night has little to do with being the most advanced and motivated.  It's far easier to do if you live closer to Blair or are from a family that is well-off enough that there's a car available and a parent home from work to do this.[/quote]

Parent engagement is pivotal to success in the program, particularly if the kid lives further away.  Kids eventually miss a bus, stay after, etc.[/quote]

So you're saying that kids need to have helicopter parents and live close by to be successful at Blair SMCS.  That seems to be a good argument to dismantle it and have regional programs.[/quote]

The regional programs will all be garbage.  [/quote]

That's your opinion, not a fact. But they definitely won't be dominated by only 4 HS out of the 30+ that are in MCPS.[/quote]

There are 4 high schools that dominant Blair SMCS, but it is out of 17 high schools that are eligible, not 30+. Also, these four high schools are definitely not the closest to Blair by any stretch, aside from students where Blair is the home school. [/quote]

And two of those schools are some of the richest in the county.  Access to Blair should be confined to just Blair catchment, if MCPS is serious about equity.  Maybe just the other DCC schools.[/quote]

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