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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a kid from WJ cluster that went to Barnsley - the kids at Barnsley from RM cachement were just as strong if not stronger than the WJ contingent.  That will not change.  The kids were so, so smart - all of them - and the same is not true at the neighborhood schools. The curriculum is also completely different and very challenging vs. what he would have received in his home school.[/quote]
Loaded question, I know... but do you have any basis to compare the center to a top local independent in terms of cohort, quality of teaching, curriculum etc.? If my DC were admitted, I think I'd prefer Barnsley over independent options, but I also worry about DC having to choose a math v. humanities focus in middle school if DC wants to stay in the magnet program at the middle school level.[/quote]

Apples and oranges, and I would be very careful about anybody who claims to be able to compare the two. There are not a lot of people that have had children at both. We have an 8th grader at eastern and are applying to private -- most of the kids at eastern are planning to stay in public school. This was also the case for my senior at Blair Math Science, when he and friends were applying to high school programs. After going through the admissions process with DC2, I know there is no way DC1 would have been happier at a top private. [/quote]

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