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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh come on! I have a Blair magnet kid and I question whether you do. My kid, a junior, and clearly one of the stronger students on many criteria, is also a local kid who would have gone to Blair regardless - there are many other similar kids. What you are claiming is nonsense. Blair magnet kids do not take AP biology or AP chem in 9th or 10th and the vast majority take AP calculus bc in 11th (though they finish the course first semester). If the kids who attend the magnet are Blair only kids, they will follow the same curriculum. [/quote]

You are totally delusional. Average SAT scores for Blair magnet kids are more than 400 points higher than for Blair non-magnet kids. The divide is so deep, it is not even funny. There is no question that under the new regional program future Blair STEM magnet cohort will be substantially weaker than the current ones. And if most top STEM Whitman and BCC kids decide that it is not worthy commuting every morning to Blair for a watered down magnet, MCPS may as well shut the magnet down and spend resources elsewhere.[/quote]

You are such a snob! Yes, of course, there are many smart kids in Blair that are not in the magnet. It is also a large school (largest in Maryland) with a diverse student body. Alongside the cohort of non magnet students who are taking very advanced classes and have very high SATs, there are also kids who struggle. Like at every school. [/quote]

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