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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well this is super crazy.

First of all, tons of houses zoned for Blair cost upwards of $1 million, so I'm really not sure where it makes any sense to call people "poor" here. I'm also not sure how or why it's ok to angrily jab at people for having less money than people in Bethesda or Potomac. YIKES. Not a good look.

Second, living in bounds for TPMS or Blair does not, in any way, guarantee admission to a magnet. It didn't with the old process, and it certainly doesn't now. Does it make people feel better to think it does? Even with great test scores, perfect grades, and a great kid, that kid is nowhere near sure to get a slot in any MCPS magnet.

Third, Wootton is spelled without an "e."

Fourth, god you people are awful. [/quote]

TPMS has in boundary set aside for 25 kids in addition to the 100 who are bussed in. Of course, there's no guarantee especially with the lottery no matter how smart your kid is but their odds are much better living in boundary. [/quote]

They are tremendously better! But realize there are 25 spots for 400+ kids, probably 1/3 of whom are academically capable and a good fit for the opportunity. And I expect those will go away in some time. [/quote]

Doubt those seats are going anywhere and there are more like 250-300 kids and only the top 15% are considered so your odds are more like 25/45.[/quote]

At last count TPMS had 405 students in 6th grade with a total enrollment of 1,162. You may be thinking of TPES/Piney Branch, but there's also ESS, an entire school, that fees into it.

While there are a BUNCH of highly educated and affluent families in bounds, there are just as many families that are not (it's a 40% FARMS school which is on metric that tracks to this stuff pretty consistently).

The pool isn't top 15%: it's something like "if you make it into the top 15th percentile for MCPS" which is probably more at TPMS, but I'm not even sure it's that. Still, odds are better than literally any other school (particular of you are coming from the TPES/PBES route, statistically) but it's not a 25/45 chance. Not even close. [/quote]

We were a TPMS magnet family. Zoned for TPMS. And for Blair. TPMS was awful. We went private for the rest of middle school and RMIB for high school. Things change, but it's not the crazy sparkling unicorn you all make it out to be. [/quote]

Wow! We have experience with TPMS Magnet, Blair Magnet and also at non-magnet middle schools. Pre-lottery. TPMS Magnet has some dedicated teachers. Blair STEM has a great student cohort - hopefully, it remains the same. We did explore private but wanted the diversity for our kids. Right or wrong decision - who knows. [/quote]

DC won the lottery last year. None of their magnet teachers are new so guessing that's the same. Overall they've loved the program. My old kid also went through it and as far as we can tell it's the same as ever.[/quote]

It is different. Whether it is good different or bad different for the program, only time will tell. Teachers are same and are good. [/quote]

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