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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Also, do you know whether the placement rate from Diamond to a local CES center been affected by the "peer group" measures? What about Lakelands to Clemente? Northwest to Poolesville?[/quote]

Nope -only Wootton MS feeders Frost and Cabin John were blocked from the DCC middle school magnets.

NW cluster doesm't have the same number of high scoring students. This is anecdotal only but I have heard that it is easier to get into Poolesville or Richard Montgomery magnet programs. We know several people who live in Darnestown with older kids and all their kids have gone to one of the magnets. Smart kids but not genius level or anything. Wootton families don't apply in high numbers since Wootton already has top students/classes so why bother with a long bus ride. I don't know why more people from QO don't apply. Have heard that Clemente isn't that rigorous so maybe some people don't think the magnets are worth pursuing again in high school. Just a guess. [/quote]

Thank you for the information - OP.  We previously rented downcounty, and gratefully relied on the magnet system. However, since the changes in admissions that seem largely applicable to downcounty, we are thinking of moving upcounty, keeping in mind educational opportunity for younger children in the family. We would be able to stay in the same zip code.  We cannot assume younger kids can make it into the magnets, of course, so there have to be options in both directions.

I have encountered horror stories about children held back in W feeder schools, including a child now in HS Magnet program being forced to repeat a grade in elementary mathematics in service of Curriculum 2.0.  I had also witnessed pretty decent kids with A/B averages and multiple AP's unable to gain admission to UMD and attending UMBC out of a W school.  I daresay those parents' investment into their housing did not pay off academically for their children.   W school is definitely not for every kid, and many kids are actively damaged by being in those pyramids.  Others, of course, thrive.  I estimate 1 in 5.

I also have friends upcounty who were able to accelerate their kids 3 years above Common Core in math with full support of their "lower-ranked" school systems.  Their kids were bused to the HS in 8th grade, provided by their district.   This pathway also exists for W students, but it is harder to make it work.

So there are rankings, and then there are opportunities.  These do not always correlate.[/quote]

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