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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What you are proposing is what the original/current magnet program is. Now they're moving to a regional program where each school would have a magnet. This likely weakens the county wide magnets but maybe increases accessibility give the commutes that were needed to go to a county wide magnet.

If they are going to go the magnet in every school then Humanities makes sense at Whitman because the school doesn't need a high profile magnet to attract strong students. [/quote]

It’s too far from Einstein, Northwood and Blair. BCC and Whitman students will get it all to themselves. Same with the BCC IB program. [/quote]

Totally wrong about B-CC. There are kid in the Einstein zone that could ride a bike to B-CC. Similarly via the beltway it is not more than 15 minutes between Blair and B-CC.[/quote]

Yeah, but who wants to ride a bike 3-5 miles each way in the middle of winter? Especially if they need to bring a musical instrument or equipment for sports practice?[/quote]

Conn Ave and East West high way is not very safe either and its all up hill.[/quote]

Oh my lord. People, the point is that it is not that far away. If you could reasonably ride a bicycle (even if you don’t want to) it isn’t like it is at the far end of the universe like people are suggesting.

It is fine to not want it at BCC but objective BCC is one of the most accessible schools in the county when it comes to public transportation. It isn’t terribly far from the beltway. It is a few blocks from both the red and purple line. Lots of ride on and Metrobus lines go nearby because downtown Bethesda is a busy place with high density of housing, jobs, and stores.

Arguments that BCC is uniquely not accessible while other schools are just do not hold up.[/quote]

For me the concern is not the transportation from our house since there are public buses that go to Bethesda. I'm not sure it will be so easy for other kids if there isn't bus service from close to their homes.  But I can't speak to that personally. For me it is that it will take highly motivated and highly resourced kids from DCC schools and reduce the cohort of highly academically motivated students at their home schools.[/quote]

Agree that we should end the consortiums and shouldn’t have these magnets at all.[/quote]

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