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I don't know about the others but Cold Spring ES has HGC.

But I think we are talking about MS and HS, not ES.  For MS, there are no magnets in the W clusters. For HS, there is the IB program in RM, but again, I don't think the W schools have any magnet programs, although I think Whitman has an IB program but it is not a test-in program, and it only serves the Whitman cluster, unlike the IB program in RM.[/quote]

I think that you are going to have a hard time persuading the rest of the county about how it's so unfair that Whitman, Wootton, Churchill, and Walter Johnson don't have a test-in middle-school magnet program located in their clusters.

Unless by "W" clusters, you meant Watkins Mill, Wheaton, Whitman, and Wootton?

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Why not?  The kids who come to Silver spring from these school districts to attend a magnet programs have really long commutes and have a tough time managing extra currics. as a result.  The curriculum in the magnet programs is much better than the curriculum you find at Westland or North Bethesda for example.  You also have a much larger peer group in the magnet program.  In the middle school magnets for example you have 100 kids who are working at your level, whereas in the aforementioned schools you might have a dozen in the entire grade and these children are not grouped together in one class (except for Math - if you take Algebra in 6th grade for example).  They are spread out and are frequently lucky to have a couple of kids working at their level in their classes.  So their needs are not met in the "W" schools.  Remember we are talking about the top 5% of students.  Most of these kids love learning - it is what makes them tick, and they really need the stimulation and challenge of an advanced and accelerated curriculum and a robust group of peers.[/quote]

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