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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Viers Mill is a focus school, which means it has smaller classes in K-2 due to a higher poverty level at the school.  This has pros and cons, obviously.  The former principal, who was very well regarded, was promoted.  Last year's principal did not survive for a second year, so hopefully someone can chime in to say how the new principal is doing.

The Loiderman middle school has the only arts magnet in the County.  Wheaton High School has some special magnet programs, and is part of the DCC (down county consortium).  I do not think Wheaton is generally considered the most desirable school in the DCC. [/quote]

Wrong about Wheaton.  It is actually the most desirable school in the DCC.  It has surpassed Blair and it is hard to get a spot there if not in the catchment. [/quote]

You're replying to a post from 2017.[/quote]

That may be so, but it's also accurate that in 2024 Wheaton is a highly desirable HS in the DCC with many students requesting it when it's not their home school.[/quote]

Teacher here at Wheaton. Wheaton is hard to get into but mainly bc so many magnet students apply.

Wheaton (IMO) has become very segregated in the past few years. There is a big academic and social divide between the magnet and non-magnet students. I love teaching at Wheaton, but this has become a problem. We also have a lot of problems with attendance and hall-walking. Things were getting a LOT better when Dr. Mugge took over. Then, Dr. Munsey destroyed all of the progress she made. Mugge came back out of retirement to start the clean up process but retired (again) last year. Hopes that the new principal will continue improving the school but it will take a while for students to create a new culture. [/quote]

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