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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This makes me dread DC going to Blair. Are all the parents like this?[/quote]

I personally think they dismantle Blair and keep all the uber-smart kids in their home schools where they can still flourish.  [/quote]

Sure at Frost, there's clearly a sizable cohort of high-achievers, so the magnet doesn't matter, but at many schools, that's not the case. The magnets provide a strong cohort for many kids who don't happen to live in the bounds of such a school. Frost's success shows that the county's policy to focus on outliers is working since these kids are doing great at their home school.[/quote]

Agree schools like Frost don't need the magnet. This also frees up more seats for others.[/quote]

It's clear from Frost's victories with the Science Bowl that the county made a good choice by keeping this sufficiently large high-achieving cohort together rather than sending many to the magnet. [/quote]

The selection changes seem to be working well. [b]Maybe they can keep them together at Wootton too in order to free up more space @Blair[/b].[/quote]
I think that's a great idea.[/quote]

First they take magnet opportunity away then they will rezone Wootton kids to crown.  These kids are just not going to get the education they need.[/quote]

The only section going to Crown is the little blip of Washingtonian that somehow goes to Fallsmead/Frost/Wootton but will be walking distance to Crown.   Wootton is not over capacity and long term projections don't have it over capacity.  So many more high schools are over capacity that will fill up Crown.   [/quote]

You don’t know that. They could rezone some from QO to Wootton and some from Wootton to crown. Diversity bus is on the way.[/quote]

MCPS doesn’t do diversity buses anymore. They have such a shortage on bus and bus drivers that they have focused walking as number 1 in the last 5 years of rezoning.

Funny thing is Wootton has walkers that are bused to RM so I can see if they move any others to Crown and lower capacity, they would bring those walkers back to Wootton instead of busing QO kids 20min to a high school. RM is way over capacity and getting worse. [/quote]

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