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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To OP: [b]do you believe your kid(s) is truly gifted, talented, and self-determined? If yes, choose FCPS, and try to push them to TJ. If they can't get in, several FCPS HSs are still pretty good and competitive, but TJ is a a whole new leve[/b]l.

If you believe your kids are somewhat gifted but not one of a kind, choose Howard county. Marriotts Ridge, Centennial or Clarksville are all very descent.

If you believe your kids are probably just high-achiever, and hard to tell the long-term trend, and you want them to enjoy a happy easygoing life and you are satisfied with UMD, you can try Bethesda or Potomac.

We moved to MoCo for the true jewelry on the top: the magnet/RMIB. Our elder one is lucky enough to ride through it with maximizing their education experience. We observed the consistent decline of education over the past 15 years or so under the name of so many popular words. Now these only jewels are going to be removed soon. Don't come for a good education for gifted kids. Period. [/quote]
The very top, talented,  gifted kids in the area are in MoCo.[/quote]

I said, those very top talented and gifted kids in MCPS were identified and very well served by the magnet pathway in the past, but less and less since the lottery. I know quite some families moved to MoCo intentionally for these GT opportunities. Now the entire new regional model is going to kill the HS merit-based magnet program completely. Families with gifted kids will fleet away. FCPS serves these kids well, and HCPS does an overall good job. MCPS is a sinking ship.  [/quote]

Folks need to stop all the fearful conjecture.  There is no indication at this point that the magnets will not continue to be successful in the new proposed regional model.  In fact it has consistently been said there will continue to be criteria based and interest based options. Further while folks are trying to fawn over FCPS and HCPS, guess what there are families in those districts that complain about them just like folks complain about MCPS.  The grass isn’t always greener somewhere else.[/quote]

If you have ever had a kid who had been able to fill their entire junior and senior years with those higher-level magnet classes, you'll know how naive you are about regional magnet can be comparable. No they can barely meet the mere minimum even the region include one of the "W" school: you simply cannot find those good teachers anywhere else in MCPS.

For TJ, since I've mentored quite a few TJ students during the past decade, I can see at least based on the ones I've supervised for conducting research, that program is not diluted for top students. Blair and TJ students are comparable in capability, self-motivation and aptitudes, but Blair will loose quickly once it becomes regional.  [/quote]

[b]Those who believe regional magnets can match the success of countywide programs are either out of touch or just wishful thinking.[/b] Countywide magnets bring together top talent, specialized staff, and diverse peers to create the depth and rigor gifted students need. Regional models may offer access, but they dilute quality and weaken the very structure that makes these programs effective. It’s way better to just expand Blair magnet than splitting to many regions.

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Your point is invalid and wrong because Blair is  a regional magnet, and is the best, most successful magnet in the area. [/quote]

More than half of the county’s high schools ,16 out of 25, feed into the Blair Magnet Program. That means the program is truly countywide in reach, not limited to a small geographic area. Breaking the county into just 6 smaller regions would represent a fundamentally different structure, narrowing access and reducing the broad representation. 
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It still not a countywide magnet.  It's a regional magnet whether it it consists of 16, 8 or 6 schools. 
I think I get it now...many are screaming "the sky is falling", "the program will be watered down" because Blair won't be in their regions. They're going to lose access to Blair. 
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