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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How well does the IB program serve students who are well-rounded but have a strong interest in science.  Is the program strong in this area?  We are zoned for Walter Johnson but our child is interested in the RM IB program.  We are not sure whether she would be better off at RM.  Any thoughts?  She is an excellent student with a good work ethic so we do think she would do well in the IB program but wonder she should just go to WJ.  Thanks.[/quote]

I would never pull my kid into RM, IB or not and leave WJ.  No way.  The IB program might be rigorous but the student population overall is not impressive - hence why RM is the IB location (bump the scores up.)[/quote]

You could say the same about the middle school magnets, from which thousands of students have benefited over the years.[/quote]

It is a tradeoff - better academics for an often iffy social environment.  The families who choose to send their kids to these schools obviously think it is worthwhile but I personally wish the magnet schools were a little more spread out.[/quote]

This is code for, "if only the magnet programs weren't part of larger schools with non-white, non-rich kids." I.e., PP thinks the magnets should be in Potomac, or maybe they should be all-school magnets like TJ in Virginia.

Like another PP said, my kid who did the TPMS magnet had a great experience. This was coming from private school. There wasn't any "tradeoff" or "iffy social environment" for my kid.[/quote]

Why not - there are kids getting on a bus at 6.15 to get to Eastern and Takoma Park (both in the Silver Spring area).  This is ridiculous.  So yes, why not have a couple of magnets in the western part of the county.  I agree that Takoma Park is a nice school but not all parents are happy about the atmosphere at Eastern - there's a lot of bad language and the bathrooms are filthy.  I don't care if the children are green or purple in color - that is besides the point.   [/quote]

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