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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TPMS and Blair alum here - now with kids at MCPS elem schools. If my kids get into a magnet, it will be their choice entirely to attend. They should go because they are interested in the classes. Under no circumstances will I sell them horse$hit about it being the only way to be successful or get into the college of their choice, or that it's validation of their brilliance. Because none of that is true. Smart, hard-working students will do well anywhere, and any school in MCPS can offer them challenging coursework, even places like Einstein and Seneca Valley. The only exception to that are kids destined for Math Olympiad or whatnot - the Jacob Lurie level math kids, but it's not most of your kids (or my kids). Your kids are 2 or 3 standard deviations from the mean, not 4, and regular AP MCPS will be just fine, though that may be a hard pill to swallow.

If your kid gets in (esp to Blair or RM which is not lottery), it's because they did well on standardized tests. If they did well on standardized tests, its likely because you, their parents, are higher SES and they were probably encouraged and supported by you as well in their schoolwork. Higher income and supportive educated parents are highly correlated with magnet acceptance. And with or without Blair, your kids are still expected to have much better educational/life outcomes than someone without those things. [/quote]

This, I was at Blair in the early 90s. There were a few all-stars in the program and we all knew the ones that went to the elite colleges but most of us were just "the rich kids" with pushy parents who had C lunch and hard math classes. I went on to an honors dorm at college and the avg level of students there far exceeded the Magnet before my freshman slide put me on academic probation.

Back then I knew very few non-magnet kids, our classes even emptied into the halls on a different bell cycle.  That is one of the things I am grateful they addressed. [/quote]

It has been almost 30 years since the early 90s. Just saying. Some things may have changed? [/quote]

It's very economically diverse today and many more all-stars. I'm not even sure your allegation that there were only a few all-stars in the 90s is true because I sure remember a huge number going to elite schools.
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