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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Across the 3 schools, there are roughly 1,000-1200 kids being served by the magnets.  Someone else mentioned there are 55k HS students so it’s serving 2.18% of the population (1200/55k).

MCPS is short on funding.  It sucks if your kid is one of the 2%.  However the money can be spent serving a broader spectrum of students.  MCPS is paying for DE classes at MC.  The opportunities for the academically gifted students are there.  There’s even bus service from the local HS to the MC campuses.

I agree it’s not a great solution but it does reallocate funding to where the majority of students can access it.[/quote]

How much exactly does MCPS spend on the 2.18% population of students? And how much is it expecting to spend on 6X more students? We need to use "cost per student" as the measure, shouldn't we?

Do people realize that a significant portion of magnet costs are covered by magnet foundation (donated from alumni) and nearby universities? Magnet foundation is not willing to pay bills if expanding to regional models because the majority of the successful alumni do not originally come from Region #1 or #6, and asking UMD to spend 6X for MCPS? You can daydream about that. [/quote]

Maybe it's for the best if the Magnet Foundation gets replaced by a Montgomery County Gifted Foundation and parents funds experiences for students at various schools and outside  of school. Why tie them to Blair?

For inspo, there are many privately funded robotics teams in Montgomery County, and not all of them are school-linked. 
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If someone wants to create a new foundation and fund it they can. The Blair magnet foundation is run by and supports the Blair magnet and is strong because of the efforts of DECADES of alumni. I am uninvolved but I cannot imagine a scenario that an established foundation like that would shift its focus to a completely different mission. That’s a ridiculous suggestion.[/quote]

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