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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love Poolesville HS.

Laid back, low pressure, [b]mostly magnet[/b], academic rigor,  great teachers, diverse, not racist, good kids from good educated families, very little issues that happen in other schools, idyllic.  The worst news that we heard was that some kids have done vaping! I can live with that.

Of course, since my kids have only gone to PHS GE and SMCS houses, I do not have understanding of how the rest of MCPS high schools are. I am sure all of them are lovely.  [/quote]

Half magnet, non-diverse, and I've been told by [b]multiple people whose kids were home-school kids[/b] that there's a lot of resentment of the whole magnet thing by the home-school kids.[/quote]

You are not a PHS parent and you are getting your information second hand, right?  I am a PHS parent, and I am close to a lot of  home-school families. I know home-school students who are in all 4 houses and who are thriving.   I guess if your child is doing well and meeting their potential then parents are happy and satisfied. Since the home-school kids have access to most of the high level courses and take classes with the magnet kids, they can cherry pick their own pathway. I know of one non-SMCS ISP genius child who is in 9th grade but is working a grade ahead with his 10th grade SMCS peers. I think the flexibility of ISP appeals to a lot of home-school families with students who are excelling in other EC activities and do not want to get baked into a rigid magnet house pathway.

On the other hand, if a home-school kid in 11th grade is struggling academically, or can barely get a D in pre-Algebra when others are doing AP Calc BC in 10th grade,  I can understand how the parent can deeply resent being in a school where almost all kids are excelling and performing at extremely high levels. The difference is starker than any other normal high school that has a student body with a mix of academic abilities.  It is hard to feel as if you have a community in a magnet school then because your low achieving child is a true minority.  It is hard for a parent to say that there own child is deficient in some way, and it becomes an easy narrative that the magnet students are responsible for the state of your own child. It is not a good situation for a parent to be in and I get the heartache and unwillingness to accept the truth. It is human nature to find excuses and blame something external.   Most people in Poolesville are proud of the school and appreciate the excellent students that it attracts from upCounty.

Yes, it is a dual-edged sword to have most of the kids come from outside and doing well. Poolesville community has fought for years to get a new school building but because the school does so well it gets bypassed by MCPS, unlike some other low performing schools. [/quote]

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