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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

+1  It's hard to call these programs county-wide when parts of the country have far more access to them, while others require a lot of parental effort as a pre-requisite to access them.[/quote].

Which is why we should slow down or stop the regional programs.[/quote]

No, this is an argument for having regional programs. If the PP says you need to be close-by to succeed at Blair SMCS, or have very involved parents to help them succeed, that's a good argument to have programs closer to home that are accessible to more kids. [/quote]

Going to a regional magnet means watering down the Blair program, which hurts Blair the most.  The DCC needs to keep Blair as it is in order to not be hurt as badly as the regional model and end of the consortia would make it.[/quote]
You're conflating several unrelated points.  We are not talking about hurting the quality of Blair. We're talking about the accessibility of Blair.

If PPs, who presumably are familiar with the Blair program, say that the ability to get to Blair without any public transportation at 7 pm on a school night, is indicative of the ability of that student to succeed at Blair, then that indicates that geographic proximity is important for success at programs like Blair. [/quote]

DP, but I’d imagine geographic proximity (or at least time in travel) has a significant bearing on a demanding program like Blair’s.  Studies show that more time in travel means less sleep and less homework time.  As such it would seem like if a kid has to spend 3 hours a day on a public commute then it’s going to hurt their ability to succeed.[/quote]

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