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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did this thread deteriorate into this silliness about magnet bingo, and, frankly, who the hell cares?

In 2014, the Blair magnet led the nation in Intel Science Finalists. Over the past 15 years, it ranks #1 in the nation in turning out finalists for that competition.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/montgomery-blair-high-school-leads-the-nation-in-intel-science-finalists/2014/03/09/b09b5b72-a7a4-11e3-b61e-8051b8b52d06_story.html

In 2014, Blair produced 6 semifinalists for the national Siemen's Competition for Math, Science and Technology. No other Maryland school had as many. Poolesville was next with 4.

http://www.siemens-foundation.org/pool/2014_competition/101814semifinalists.pdf

In 2014, Blair produced 32 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, as many as Whitman and Wootton combined. Only RM had more with 34.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/pdf/NationalMeritSemifinalists2015.pdf

If these are the results of their "dumbed down" bingo-playing curriculum, all the power to them!

The Blair magnet is one of the gems of the MCPS system, and one of the most successful programs of its kind in the nation, public or private. People should be proud of it. The only regrettable thing is there aren't more slots, or more programs like it, for all the talented and capable students of Montgomery County.

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This puts things into perspective.  blair is a big school with a large and diverse population.  There are bound to be problems but these stats speak to the excellence of the magnet program and its students.[/quote]

And the question is whether this RFP is being done as a way to justify dismantling the programs in the name of "social justice". Time will tell.[/quote]

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