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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Clearly the magnets at Poolesville, RM and Blair bolster the test scores at those schools. Whether they "had to be placed" in those schools is a different question.[/quote] This was clearly the intent when the schools were placed there. Its hard to believe but RM was under enrolled in 2000. The magnet and moving Richie Park into the cluster was done to stabilize enrollment. Poolesville also had an enrollment/size problem. Blair had very low test scores and white flight. All three areas have stabilized now. RM and Blair are over capacity and growing each year now. One thing to consider though is that a school doesn't "own" a magnet. As the in-bound areas around the magnet grow, there is pressure to move the magnets to address other clusters experiencing lower enrollment or white flight. Schools can't just get bigger and function at sizes much bigger than what is already happening so it will happen sooner or later. Sooner for some, I expect. [/quote]
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