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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think in case of RM, some high priced new housing changed the demographic a bitin teh last 10-15 years.  I am not sure about Blair.  Einstein has really turned around based on the school itself.  I was just talking to A DCC parent who said it was her child's first choice..  [/quote]

Einstein is still terrible[/quote]

What is your first-hand, recent experience with Einstein?[/quote]

Ignore the Einstein troll. He/she shows up in every thread about DCC schools and trashes Einstein. When asked about personal experience with the school, troll conveniently doesn't reply.[/quote]

NP here - I think PP is right though. Einstein is not one of the super performing schools in MCPS[/quote]

Either is RM.  [b]QO has better test scores across the board without any IB program, especially with diverse students[/b].  So take the 17% of the smartest kids MC and throw their test scores out and RM looks horrible.  [b]Adding Fallsgrove doesn't make RM that much better.[/b]  More than half the kids in the SFH go to private school.  [/quote]

I don't think that's true.  I think for the Black/Hispanic students, the test scores between the two schools are pretty comparable, at least as far as the MSA scores are concerned, with RM students scoring slightly better.

And you're right, adding Fallsgrove wouldn't make RM any better because Fallsgrove is not the only high income area zoned for RM.  [/quote]

But you are taking into account the IB program that QO does not have.  Over 15% of the population.  What do you think the scores would look like without them?  I think RM has gotten slightly better since the 70/80's but lets not kid ourselves.  You still have the same neighborhoods going to them.  Overpopulating with some new home developments doesn't add much.  The high SES send their kids to privates and many people move into the new condos/apartments.  They are not high SES by any means.  Just adds to the overcrowding of the cluster.  [/quote]

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