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[quote=Anonymous]I have a child that went thru Eastern and is now at RMIB.

On RM:  DC was accepted at CAP and RM, but the CAP program is not as academically rigorous as we (the parents) would have liked. We have an excellent home school, with IB, but we (the parents) decided that RM would be best. DC was not happy and the first year was really rough.  Now DC realizes why RM is the right school for DC, recognizes that the home school would not have been the right place for DC and is adjusted to being at RM.  There is a lot of work, but the teachers, and Ms. Hoover, are very good, and it is worth it.  I am not the only parent who thinks that an 8th grader should decide where to go for high school. Others I know have stepped in and made the decision for the child, and the child ended up really flourishing at RM.  I think the decision of where to go to high school is too important to be left to a 14 year old, who may not have the big picture in mind.

On Eastern: DC was accepted at Eastern and Takoma, but DC's interests were emphasized at Eastern.  DC Flourished at Eastern, and had many opportunities that my other DC who is at the home middle school does not have. The education and teachers at Eastern were very good although the current magnet coordinators first year was a bit rough.

Overall, we are happy with the education my older DC has gotten thru the magnet programs, but these are individual choices to be made by each family, based on the child's interests and the family's ability to support the child.[/quote]

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