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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] 10:33 - magnets are of course the exception to the rule, as test-in or vetting does not apply to the majority of MoCo schools - and I'm not sure where you get "country wide" as they have residency requirements.  But even there, I've been underwhelmed by magnets.  Also, you must mean "county wide" as "country wide" is ineligible as they don't have residency - and in either case you have to follow the school - tradeoffs exist between either buying near the school (and paying a premium) or having a horrendous commute to get there.  Great, if you're made of money - which most of us aren't.[/quote]

Did did mean county wide of course, typo.   The horrendous 45-minute commute from elsewhere in MoCo (mainly Rockville) Takoma is taken care of by MCPS - they bus the magnet kids from all over the county.  The BASIS commute would have been more of a hassle for us.

If you fail to break into that underwhelming Takoma Park MS magnet, which routinely sends kids on to Blair HS to win INTEL prizes, you still get honors classes in most subjects there, math as advanced as at BASIS (6th grade algebra) and facilities nearly as nice as an established independent.  These include a greenhouse, student run radio station, giant playing fields and courts, stage, orchestra, band.  I work for a non-profit so made of money, maybe not.

Am I to conclude that DC will never give us what our near neighbors routinely provide at the MS level?
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