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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Poolesville is a whole school Magnet. Not sure what that means but perhaps parents from upcounty know more than me?[/quote]
Yes,  Poolesville is whole school magnet.
In Poolesville case you take exam to join the magnet program if you live in upper Montgomery County.
Kids who live in the school boundaries have a higher chance to be picked because they take 25% of the students from their own middle school and the rest of the kids can take magnet courses if their is space available.[/quote]
Huh? ??
No, Poolesville is not a whole magnet school. In-bound kids not in Magnet go there. Where do you think these kids go?

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Yes, Poolsville is whole magnet school.
It tells you in their  website.
“Whole magnet school “ doesn’t mean exclusive magnet students.
There will be a lot of classes where magnet students and non-magnet students can be mixed.[/quote]

I'm a parent with a Poolesville High School program magnet student and I sort of get why they call it a Whole Magnet School as  ~2/3 of the entire student body is magnet.   Magnet program kids do mix with local non-magnet students in their non magnet designated classes.  For example, SMCs/GE kids do not have a specific English class house requirement and they are mixed with local students who take honors/AP.  As a non-magnet kid on the highest non program track- a majority of your classmates will be magnet programs which makes it a little murky.  I suppose PHS realizes that colleges will be able to figure this all out.[/quote]

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