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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re not “just curious.” You’re clearly upset your kid didn’t get in.[/quote]

I'm not OP, but I'm definitely upset my 7th grade child (290+, all As, and various Math awards) won't even have an access to Blair magnet due to the stupid region thing.[/quote]

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Don't fret, The Blair Mag won't be the Blair Mag once the Bethesda Kids dropout, It will be like Northwood until the (upper middle class)Takoma Park Parents start catching wind of the true peer group of the school and when they stop moving in or opting into private the school will fall into a Kennedy peer. [/quote]

There are some comfortable families at Blair.  It will get better for many once out of consortium kids stop taking those spots.  [/quote]

Yah but they aren't the defining demographics and keeping them there is why the county sends so many good students form better areas there. When the pipeline dries up it remains to be seen if the small contingent of upper middle class from mostly TP and Silgo Park Hills sticks around. Or the weight of the rest of the area causes them to rethink. It isn't like the the University Corridor is getting better. How much has pride has the tiny SMCS program imparted to the school and the DCC. Without it Blair becomes just another silver spring school that contains some of the poorest & highest crime areas in the entire county.  I bet there are more people just in Quebec Terrace than all the working millionaires in the few nice areas combined. Without the false premises that those UMC kids are sounded by STEM type peers, many new families wont move in. Maybe the chance to opt into BCC or Whitman keeps them, we will see. [/quote]

There are many homes and families who warm as much as bcc or Whitman families but we choose very different lifestyle and save vs having our kids have to chase merit and other aid for college as we are not entitled.  [/quote]

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