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[quote=Anonymous]MCBro:

At least one of the posters actually posted links with arguments. And that person isn’t you.

If MCPS was great at stem, it would be great at all levels. Not just one.  And because it isn’t- it doesn’t win ISEF, it doesn’t win science bowl, it doesn’t send as many kids to HYPS: it’s not as good. Just because you have more kids in just one thing doesn’t make it better. It makes it good at just one thing. It’s like having a really good teacher who knows what the Westinghouse judges are looking for. And as TJ still wins some Westinghouse and ISEF it looks like TJ just has better teachers. And I know some of them personally. They are great.

The whole school system has to make STEM a priority for it to succeed. And though Blair only takes 100 kids- those kids should be able to lift some of the other kids up. It doesn’t. In fact there are schools in HOCo and Baltimore city doing better on a whole than your precious Blair. MCPS is losing new blood to FCPS- because of our schools that test higher at SOLs than your CC and because we have tech jobs, and because our population can do math and see that we have more affordable housing and AAP and magnet programs that work. Which means even though we are great now- we are continue to be great.

And if you don’t believe this: I will tell you one more thing. I am from HOCO. I grew up thinking Blair was great. I was sad when they demolished the old school. When they told me the old program was going away- I knew the magnet program was going to fall apart. And When I did the metrics for buying our next home- it was FCPS over MCPS because I knew that it wasn’t worth it  There would be no pupil placement, no real magnet, no choice.

I don’t regret this. Blair isn’t worth it. It’s a failing school.  It’s why my friends bought houses 250k more than me to send their kids to RM or WW. And now they are moving here to work for Microsoft.  There are more choices here then there are in MCPS. And if you had the choice to send your kid to a school where there are 423 kids that are brilliant in a class Cs 100- you are going to do the latter because your kid will have a better chance at finding their tribe. [/quote]

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