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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given Woodward will host special program for Drama, Art, Media etc having 35-40% FARMS will result in high achiveing kids leaving for WJ or Stem program in Wheaton. It will result in fewer kids who can take higher level courses and they will have no choice.[/quote]

STEM at Wheaton - is it a good program? Comparable to Blair? I am so upset they are dividing us in 6 regions. [/quote]

I mean, it's not Blair, but even Poolesville isn't Blair.  Even Blair isn't going to keep being Blair.  That's just an incredibly high bar.

It is, however, a very popular and well-regarded program.  [b]Wheaton is, frankly, a way more popular choice in the DCC than you would think it would be given its demographics[/b]-- this is largely because its strength in STEM is just that desirable.
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This is kind of a weird statement. The DCC schools are not that different from each other demographically. I don't think most kids or families in the DCC would avoid Wheaton due to "demographics". But yes, Wheaton is very desirable in the DCC because it has strong STEM programs.[/quote]

I'm not saying it should be this way, and certainly many families don't consider that kind of thing.  But Wheaton (especially before DCC transfers) looks much more like Kennedy than like Blair, Einstein, or Northwood.  It's 60% FARMS, 70% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 5% white.  Looking at those numbers I think most people would imagine that it would be viewed as an undesirable school.  But it isn't, most people think it's a great school, largely on the strength of its STEM programming.  I think that's useful context.[/quote]

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