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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry OP.  I think the magnet ES and MS has been watered down over the years.  Even the selection criteria has been watered down for the incoming students.  My kid (2022) was the last batch before selection criteria started to go down and RCMS (Roberto) and admin really screwed the program up. Horrible Principal and horrible magnet coordinator last I heard, Also so many experienced magnet teachers left and the selection criteria was such that it was picking up bright but not brilliant kids.  So sorry.

Yes, my kids found PHS SMCS quite manageable because they had learned to organize their work and time very well and were doing a lot more challenging work from their time in HGC (later CES) days. Even the entrance exams were extremely hard and kids really had to be brilliant to be selected.

The previous batches also found college quite manageable because this kind of rigor has become a habit since before 3rd grade.

[b]I think asking alums about the workload is very misleading because our children had their education in a very different MCPS. [/b]

The good thing is that the rigor and the difficulty they will endure in PHS (even watered down) will probably help them a lot in college.  You do have to pay the piper sometime in life.  Better in HS than in college.  [/quote]

Op here. Thank you for your insightful words. It makes understanding the situation we are in a little bit better.[/quote]

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