My kid is at Wheaton and we've been very happy.

Edison is a separate school but Wheaton kids can take classes there, like the robotics kids taking advanced math and engineering but also vocational tech training.

Wheaton teacher here. The plan is for Wheaton to keep its current programs (Engineering and Biomed) and expand its offerings to be the Math/Science/CS magnet for its cluster. The specific class offerings in the future are of course not set (and will likely change with time/possible changes from the county/state level to engineering curriculum specifically ), but our goal is to keep the good stuff we have going and add even more in STEM specialties!

What is the plan for Wheaton under the new magnet regional approach?

What is the plan for Wheaton under the new magnet regional approach?

An incident there recently
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1306233.page

For the most part, Admin at Wheaton is well liked. Mr Dunn is my favorite.

My kid did the engineering academy there. Excellent engineering, math, and science teachers. He had one math and engineering teacher who graduated from MIT and worked at Boeing, for example. Someone else who graduated from the Naval Academy with an engineering degree.

English was not good. He barely got any writing instruction despite taking AP English, History, and Government. They pretty much just teach how to write AP exam essays. He had one three page paper for an AP English class. That was it. Make sure your kid take AP English and History, not Honors, because Honors is "honors for all" - meaning there is no grade level - honors is it.

Wheaton has two magnet programs (engineering and biomedical). They also have matching academy programs and an IT academy. Unless your student is interested in the votech classes at Edison, students don’t go there. Often the IT students take the cybersecurity class at Edison. My three students have attended and enjoyed it. One each in the magnets and one in an academy.

Anonymous wrote:How are the special programs at Wheaton? Behaviorial issues?

There are behavioral issues at ALL schools. Not doing the special programs, but wish we had. The security is generally on top of things and very strict.

How are the special programs at Wheaton? Behaviorial issues?

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Anonymous wrote:Edison is a seperate school. We’ve had a good experience. Have kids in two different shooks. Wheaton is much better run, front office are more responsive and the majority of teachers stand out especially one is really good. They communicate more than most. Admin at other school not great.

Can you say which teacher or what they teach?

I don't name names of teachers online but math and science. Best teacher we've had in MCPS.

Anonymous wrote:Edison is a seperate school. We’ve had a good experience. Have kids in two different shooks. Wheaton is much better run, front office are more responsive and the majority of teachers stand out especially one is really good. They communicate more than most. Admin at other school not great.

Can you say which teacher or what they teach?

Edison is a seperate school. We’ve had a good experience. Have kids in two different shooks. Wheaton is much better run, front office are more responsive and the majority of teachers stand out especially one is really good. They communicate more than most. Admin at other school not great.

Any recent experience with this high school? Do students share classes with students at Edison HS which is across the field?