Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:56     Subject: Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Anonymous wrote:What kind of “diversity” do you mean? Honest question.


For example: 1/4 white, 1/4 black, 1/4 Hispanic, 1/4 other

And I would love majority middle class with some working class.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:55     Subject: Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Anonymous wrote:OP, I might also look at Walter Johnson in addition to Blair--these two would be my choices (AA family in NW DC).


PP again. Depending on budget and commute, would add in B-CC.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:53     Subject: Re:Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thank you to PPs for the Blair HS recommendation! I would not have known as the Greater School rating is a 5 out of 10
I like the racial distribution a lot but this school is big, no?


I'm not the PP, but Blair is enormous and the size can mask a lot of good things happening there. I don't have kids at Blair, but I am in-bounds. All of the Blair kids I know (and it's all of the high school aged kids in the neighborhood over the last decade) are successful, well-adjusted, socially conscious and engaged, and go on to great colleges and universities.

If the GS score scares you, I get it, but I would put it on your list of schools to get to know a bit better and go beyond the score. Click around the website, look at student government and other initiatives and note the critical mass of high-performing kids of color. It's a pretty special place.



It sounds like any HS in MCPS which has the diversity the OP needs, would work fine?


+1 The highest "ranked" schools are all going to lack the diversity OP is looking for. Of the highly ranked schools, B-CC is the most diverse. If commute isn't a problem (and maybe it isn't based on OP looking in either HCPS or MCPS), then Quince Orchard is a great suggestion. But if she doesn't have $1m+ for B-CC and needs a decent commute to DC, TPMS to Blair is a strong option.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:53     Subject: Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
What kind of “diversity” do you mean? Honest question.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:53     Subject: Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
OP, I might also look at Walter Johnson in addition to Blair--these two would be my choices (AA family in NW DC).
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:52     Subject: Re:Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thank you to PPs for the Blair HS recommendation! I would not have known as the Greater School rating is a 5 out of 10
I like the racial distribution a lot but this school is big, no?


I'm not the PP, but Blair is enormous and the size can mask a lot of good things happening there. I don't have kids at Blair, but I am in-bounds. All of the Blair kids I know (and it's all of the high school aged kids in the neighborhood over the last decade) are successful, well-adjusted, socially conscious and engaged, and go on to great colleges and universities.

If the GS score scares you, I get it, but I would put it on your list of schools to get to know a bit better and go beyond the score. Click around the website, look at student government and other initiatives and note the critical mass of high-performing kids of color. It's a pretty special place.



It sounds like any HS in MCPS which has the diversity the OP needs, would work fine?


I agree. I don't know much about HoCo schools but MoCo has lots of diversity. Where are you working and what is your rough budget OP?
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:48     Subject: Re:Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thank you to PPs for the Blair HS recommendation! I would not have known as the Greater School rating is a 5 out of 10
I like the racial distribution a lot but this school is big, no?


I'm not the PP, but Blair is enormous and the size can mask a lot of good things happening there. I don't have kids at Blair, but I am in-bounds. All of the Blair kids I know (and it's all of the high school aged kids in the neighborhood over the last decade) are successful, well-adjusted, socially conscious and engaged, and go on to great colleges and universities.

If the GS score scares you, I get it, but I would put it on your list of schools to get to know a bit better and go beyond the score. Click around the website, look at student government and other initiatives and note the critical mass of high-performing kids of color. It's a pretty special place.



It sounds like any HS in MCPS which has the diversity the OP needs, would work fine?
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:45     Subject: Re:Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Anonymous wrote:Thank you to PPs for the Blair HS recommendation! I would not have known as the Greater School rating is a 5 out of 10
I like the racial distribution a lot but this school is big, no?


I'm not the PP, but Blair is enormous and the size can mask a lot of good things happening there. I don't have kids at Blair, but I am in-bounds. All of the Blair kids I know (and it's all of the high school aged kids in the neighborhood over the last decade) are successful, well-adjusted, socially conscious and engaged, and go on to great colleges and universities.

If the GS score scares you, I get it, but I would put it on your list of schools to get to know a bit better and go beyond the score. Click around the website, look at student government and other initiatives and note the critical mass of high-performing kids of color. It's a pretty special place.

Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:39     Subject: Re:Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Quince Orchard HS Montgomery County, MD
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:35     Subject: Re:Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Thank you to PPs for the Blair HS recommendation! I would not have known as the Greater School rating is a 5 out of 10
I like the racial distribution a lot but this school is big, no?
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:27     Subject: Re:Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Anonymous wrote:Blair HS in MontCo


+1, and look at the areas feeding to Takoma Park Middle School in particular. Living there will give you a greater chance of entry into magnet/enriched programs in the future. And they're also just great, diverse schools.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:14     Subject: Re:Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Blair HS in MontCo
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 15:00     Subject: Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Quince Orchard HS and Northwest HS in Montgomery County.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 14:54     Subject: Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
This will depend on where you are commuting to, but we’ve been happy at Reservoir in Howard County. It’s diverse and the academics are good.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 14:42     Subject: Recommend your public HS in Montgomery or Howard County - Looking for solid academics AND diversity
Hi,

AA mom with 3 children here. We are planning to move to Maryland next year. I am open to any County but those have been recommended as having good school districts and a diverse student body. I really need HS, MS and ES recommendations but I want to start looking at HSs. Thank you for any suggestions!