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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just like Blair, the magnet is super but that’s about it. Non magnet portion is like any other MCPS HS (not counting BCC and w schools).[/quote]

Yup, they add the magnets to the schools that need the most boost in test scores.  QO is just as good as RM without the magnet.  Cheaper real estate too.   Rockville is trying to improve Twinbrook, but I don't see it turning even after all the massive construction.

It isn't a bad school, but it sure is cliquey.  They try to say it is diverse and it is, but they all hang out with their own at RM. [/quote]

Agree with this. I am in RM cluster and all this talk of diversity is fine in theory, but practically kids segregate themselves.[/quote]

If them school is really diverse, then no, they dont. At least not in elementary. My (white) DS has 2 besties  - chinese and south american descent ones. Plus rest of his friends can probably form a UN session (Zimbabwe, Russia, Japan, Ireland, England, Mexico, etc)[/quote]

It changes in high school.  Trust me.  The IB kids only hang out with each other and then most of the same with each race.  Sports are possibly the only factor that changes that temporarily.  [/quote]
The IB kids are a fraction of the student body, and in any magnet school, magnet kids hang out with each other, even in CES.[/quote]

Even in regular schools, starting from MS, kids start to hang out with other kids in their own race - provided that there is a big enough pool to choose from. i.e. if one race only has about 2% in the student population, they may not have the momentum to do that.
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Maybe... (anecdotally, my DC's friends at JWMS are different a race from my DC).. but the chance of having a diverse group of friends and having diversity in a class goes up significantly if you live in a diverse cluster.  [/quote]

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