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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Four corners is good for ES. Pinecrest ES is excellent. Eastern MS' great strength is its magnet. Takoma Park has city and county taxes - be prepared to pay on that score if that is a concern. TPES and Piney Branch ES are good, but overcrowded. Takoma Park MS is excellent.

I don't know much about the other areas.[/quote]

Am I correct in my understanding that kids who are zoned for the school but not in the magnet do not have access to the magnet classes? So it’s almost like two “schools” in one building?[/quote]

I think that's correct in ES. Don't know about MS. At Blair, if students demonstrated they could do the math and science, they were welcomed into individual magnet classes. [/quote]

It's a little complicated in MS. I can't speak to the up-county magnets, but have experience with both MS magnets within the last four years.

At TPMS and Eastern, the "magnet" classes are only for kids in the program, but they have also been known to backfill magnet spots from the home school population. I have zero clue as to how that happens, but can confirm that in both schools, my kids got a handful of new-to-the-program classmates over the course of their time. In both cases, there were also electives that heavily appealed to the magnet kids and were open to anyone in the school. At Eastern, that meant media and literature classes, and at TPMS that meant the technology electives.

Just as a plug, TPMS is an extremely well-run school even outside the magnet. New facilities and a strong administration make it a strong choice within the broader landscape of MCPS not always prioritizing middle school academics. Eastern offers a ton of opportunities, and I really like the new principal, but the physical building is a real problem and somehow always gets pushed back on the CIP calendar. [/quote]

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