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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a sad that people on DCUM love to play the race card.  The stats about APlus turoring is meaningless.  The Poolesville cluster only accepts students into its math-science house if you live in their cluster.   So the fact that ~66 got into Poolesville and ~13 got into Blair means nothing.

[b]The two programs are very different and provide different learning environments.  Just visit them and make a choice best for your family.  Poolesville HS has a higher rating than Blair HS.  That is a fact[/b].[/quote]

They ARE different learning environments, but not every family believes that "higher rating" equals "better learning environment." Blair is a highly rated academic school and a kid in Blair's Magnet program is getting a first rate education regardless.  But some of us believe that it is also important for our kids to be in a "learning environment" that better reflects the world we live in - meaning kids from different backgrounds with different interests.   The fact that Blair has so many different programs in the building was a draw for us.

I do agree that each family must determine what is important to them and decide accordingly.

BTW, I am a former Blair Magnet parent.  My 2 kids are both at highly rated schools in the NE.  
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...and your other kids - where did they go and how did they do?[/quote]

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