It was just a matter of time until this thread devolved into W parent fueled Blair envy.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd chose Blair because it has the deepest course offerings in math and science available to all students and is the most diverse HS in the state. It also has the highest average SAT for my kids demographic group.

Funny when the schools graduation rate and SAT scores are among the lowest in MoCo, your kid demographics must be propped up by the smarter Magnet kids bused in.

Exactly. Pull those magnet kids out, and the school is a disaster. Same with RM

Pull the those magnet kids, the school would be the same. This has been debunked too many times in here, but ya'll W parents are too obsessed with Blair.

Not a W parent but you don't think the SES and test numbers would drop if you pulled the Magnet kids out? That seems naive

Test scores will drop a little bit not but not that much because many of the same kids are in-bound. Test scores dropping doesn't mean disaster. That's reality.

Okay, sure - just a little bit. LOL.

Please post your proof to debunk the fact that magnet kids in lower SES schools don't increase test scores very much.

Thanks!

It has been posted several times in DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:WJ, BCC, or QO. Whitman is too homogenous, churchill has too many over-sized houses for me to like, and wootton... LOL. RM has too many twin brook kids for me but it still is a good school. So that leaves 3 schools non-magnet unless you want silver spring or germantown .

? RM and QO have about the same number of FARMS - actually RM has slightly lower, but QO doesn't have too many "undesirables" like RM does? LOL.. okaaay..

WJ, BCC, or QO. Whitman is too homogenous, churchill has too many over-sized houses for me to like, and wootton... LOL. RM has too many twin brook kids for me but it still is a good school. So that leaves 3 schools non-magnet unless you want silver spring or germantown .

Poolesville.

3/4 magnet means you have a school focussed on academics and achievement. Very few discipline problems. Diversity of race is there but there is not a significant diversity of academic achievement. Most students are bright and hard working. I can live with this sort of diversity. The long commute, rural setting and old buildings are a deterrent for many, but we made it work. Not a pressure cooker environment like other magnets like Blair and RMIB. Parents are normal.

Why live in NYC when you can live in Buffalo/ its all the same, it’s all New York. Silly crazy $hit NyC people.

Anonymous wrote:One calculation showed more than 700 pt (based on old 2400 pt system) difference between RMIB and non magnet kids. Some would say that’s a small difference but that’s like taking another subject test. Holy sh...it.

A portion of the magnet IB students live inbounds. Yes, the test scores would drop, but so what? Test scores are largely a measure of income status. If you take out the wealthy kids out of the W schools, the scores would drop.

A good school is not just about test scores which pretty much reflects upper/middle class student body. A good school consists of staff/admin who care about the students and their education, and a school where low income students are able to score fairly well on tests and have a high graduation rate is a reflection of a dedicated staff, ie, a good school.

There are several non W schools like this.

Anonymous wrote:Why would you choose it?

I would choose to minimize our commutes.

One calculation showed more than 700 pt (based on old 2400 pt system) difference between RMIB and non magnet kids. Some would say that’s a small difference but that’s like taking another subject test. Holy sh...it.

I'm not the poster you are arguing with but I disagree that Blair and RM would fall off a cliff without the magnets. I guess we'll all end up seeing sooner rather than later with Blair if the magnet move up to Kennedy happens soon.

Within the county, there have been migrations south/west for higher SES folks and north/east for lower SES folks. The area around RM is filled with people "escaping" Germantown/part of Gaithersburg/other side of Rockville just as the area around Blair is filled with people "escaping" the north eastern parts of SS. Now that DC, VA and the western parts of MoCo are so outside the reach of new buyers who aren't bringing lots of equity to the table, the areas around Blair and RM have attracted less wealthy UMC whites. If the magnets leave, these people will still be there. They may not be rocket science types but the kids score fine on tests.

I'd expect a one slot drop on the GS rating, maybe 2 but probably just 1.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd chose Blair because it has the deepest course offerings in math and science available to all students and is the most diverse HS in the state. It also has the highest average SAT for my kids demographic group.

Funny when the schools graduation rate and SAT scores are among the lowest in MoCo, your kid demographics must be propped up by the smarter Magnet kids bused in.

Exactly. Pull those magnet kids out, and the school is a disaster. Same with RM

Pull the those magnet kids, the school would be the same. This has been debunked too many times in here, but ya'll W parents are too obsessed with Blair.

Not a W parent but you don't think the SES and test numbers would drop if you pulled the Magnet kids out? That seems naive

Test scores will drop a little bit not but not that much because many of the same kids are in-bound. Test scores dropping doesn't mean disaster. That's reality.

Okay, sure - just a little bit. LOL.

Please post your proof to debunk the fact that magnet kids in lower SES schools don't increase test scores very much.

Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:I'd chose Blair because it has the deepest course offerings in math and science available to all students and is the most diverse HS in the state. It also has the highest average SAT for my kids demographic group.

Funny when the schools graduation rate and SAT scores are among the lowest in MoCo, your kid demographics must be propped up by the smarter Magnet kids bused in.

Funny how clueless and ignorant you are. I'm pretty sure your kid would give a limb to be "bused in " to Blair . Unfortunately, he/she got your genes so not smart enough to be admitted to Blair.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd chose Blair because it has the deepest course offerings in math and science available to all students and is the most diverse HS in the state. It also has the highest average SAT for my kids demographic group.

Funny when the schools graduation rate and SAT scores are among the lowest in MoCo, your kid demographics must be propped up by the smarter Magnet kids bused in.

Exactly. Pull those magnet kids out, and the school is a disaster. Same with RM

Pull the those magnet kids, the school would be the same. This has been debunked too many times in here, but ya'll W parents are too obsessed with Blair.

Not a W parent but you don't think the SES and test numbers would drop if you pulled the Magnet kids out? That seems naive

Because they live in alternative reality where facts don’t matter, and truth isn’t truth. Ppl say some crazy $hit stuff.

These are the W parents

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Anonymous wrote:I'd chose Blair because it has the deepest course offerings in math and science available to all students and is the most diverse HS in the state. It also has the highest average SAT for my kids demographic group.

Funny when the schools graduation rate and SAT scores are among the lowest in MoCo, your kid demographics must be propped up by the smarter Magnet kids bused in.

Exactly. Pull those magnet kids out, and the school is a disaster. Same with RM

Pull the those magnet kids, the school would be the same. This has been debunked too many times in here, but ya'll W parents are too obsessed with Blair.

Not a W parent but you don't think the SES and test numbers would drop if you pulled the Magnet kids out? That seems naive

Test scores will drop a little bit not but not that much because many of the same kids are in-bound. Test scores dropping doesn't mean disaster. That's reality.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd chose Blair because it has the deepest course offerings in math and science available to all students and is the most diverse HS in the state. It also has the highest average SAT for my kids demographic group.

Funny when the schools graduation rate and SAT scores are among the lowest in MoCo, your kid demographics must be propped up by the smarter Magnet kids bused in.

Exactly. Pull those magnet kids out, and the school is a disaster. Same with RM

Pull the those magnet kids, the school would be the same. This has been debunked too many times in here, but ya'll W parents are too obsessed with Blair.

Not a W parent but you don't think the SES and test numbers would drop if you pulled the Magnet kids out? That seems naive

Because they live in alternative reality where facts don’t matter, and truth isn’t truth. Ppl say some crazy $hit stuff.