Anonymous
Post 04/15/2024 20:14     Subject: MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Finding the in East Silver Spring ES area should lock you into tpms -> Blair. No city taxes.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2024 20:03     Subject: MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
I would call the office of special programs and ask! They have always been very friendly. They’d send you a link etc.

Einstein is a high school with a strong parent community.
Blair is huge but good

Those are your two best options, IMO. Look for a house that tracks to one of these
Two high schools, and then apply to the 2 middle school magnets

Math and science magnet at TPMS
humanities magnet at Eastern

These are “criteria “ based- MCPS lingo for test in

There are other programs you can opt into that are just lotteries - there’s an art one at Loiederman MS, for ex, and an engineering one at Another school I can’t remember the name.

Anyway- spend some time on the MCPS website devoted to the DCC and special programs.

Good luck!

Anonymous
Post 04/15/2024 19:29     Subject: MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you want your kids in the MS magnet you have to put that into motion by late Fall 5th grade - so now is the time to contact MCPS and ask how to do that.

We were in the TPMS magnet (at the time it was not a lottery after the 1st cut like it is now) and I don't think we would have been happy at TPMS without the magnet program. That's no shade to the school or the kids but specific to what our child needed.


It's a great program but probably not as significant as some would make out. Yes, math and science go a little deeper and move at a faster pace. It's nice that this is an option, but it would be fine in regular classes, too. My child who went through the program found Spanish to be their hardest class by far.


Same re: the Spanish.

I stand by the idea that we wouldn't have been as happy not in the magnet, but part of that is the cohort, which my child really needs to be motivated. Also during the pandemic the teachers and cohort were really strong. Again, non-lottery.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2024 19:26     Subject: Re:MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that all the area middle and high school boundaries are going to be up for review in a boundary study soon. Elementary school boundaries are excluded from the study.


Not a lot of options there for change since there is no high school in the entire East portion of the county south of the beltway. Blair still services that area says its original location was silver sprig. In fact, the next closest high school to us is BCC, which is 3 minutes further away than Blair.


Sure, but the dividing lines between Blair, Northwood, Einstein, and BCC are likely to be redrawn.

Yeah, but Takoma Park is safe.



Your dumbness is showing by your roll 🙄.
Try to understand the "context" before you answer next time.


Why is "context" in quotation marks?

To Emphasize.


Anonymous
Post 04/15/2024 12:16     Subject: Re:MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that all the area middle and high school boundaries are going to be up for review in a boundary study soon. Elementary school boundaries are excluded from the study.


Not a lot of options there for change since there is no high school in the entire East portion of the county south of the beltway. Blair still services that area says its original location was silver sprig. In fact, the next closest high school to us is BCC, which is 3 minutes further away than Blair.


Sure, but the dividing lines between Blair, Northwood, Einstein, and BCC are likely to be redrawn.

Yeah, but Takoma Park is safe.



Your dumbness is showing by your roll 🙄.
Try to understand the "context" before you answer next time.


Why is "context" in quotation marks?

To Emphasize.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2024 11:58     Subject: Re:MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that all the area middle and high school boundaries are going to be up for review in a boundary study soon. Elementary school boundaries are excluded from the study.


Not a lot of options there for change since there is no high school in the entire East portion of the county south of the beltway. Blair still services that area says its original location was silver sprig. In fact, the next closest high school to us is BCC, which is 3 minutes further away than Blair.


Sure, but the dividing lines between Blair, Northwood, Einstein, and BCC are likely to be redrawn.

Yeah, but Takoma Park is safe.



Your dumbness is showing by your roll 🙄.
Try to understand the "context" before you answer next time.


Why is "context" in quotation marks?
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2024 11:41     Subject: Re:MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that all the area middle and high school boundaries are going to be up for review in a boundary study soon. Elementary school boundaries are excluded from the study.


Not a lot of options there for change since there is no high school in the entire East portion of the county south of the beltway. Blair still services that area says its original location was silver sprig. In fact, the next closest high school to us is BCC, which is 3 minutes further away than Blair.


Sure, but the dividing lines between Blair, Northwood, Einstein, and BCC are likely to be redrawn.

Yeah, but Takoma Park is safe.



Your dumbness is showing by your roll 🙄.
Try to understand the "context" before you answer next time.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2024 16:02     Subject: MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:If you want your kids in the MS magnet you have to put that into motion by late Fall 5th grade - so now is the time to contact MCPS and ask how to do that.

We were in the TPMS magnet (at the time it was not a lottery after the 1st cut like it is now) and I don't think we would have been happy at TPMS without the magnet program. That's no shade to the school or the kids but specific to what our child needed.


It's a great program but probably not as significant as some would make out. Yes, math and science go a little deeper and move at a faster pace. It's nice that this is an option, but it would be fine in regular classes, too. My child who went through the program found Spanish to be their hardest class by far.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2024 14:42     Subject: MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
If you want your kids in the MS magnet you have to put that into motion by late Fall 5th grade - so now is the time to contact MCPS and ask how to do that.

We were in the TPMS magnet (at the time it was not a lottery after the 1st cut like it is now) and I don't think we would have been happy at TPMS without the magnet program. That's no shade to the school or the kids but specific to what our child needed.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2024 14:39     Subject: Re:MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It will all come down to who the new superintendent is, and how much appetite they have for stirring things up vs. making minor changes around the edges.


Making changes around the edges is sufficient in 90%+ of the cases. There are more important battles to wage than this.


Minor changes around the edges will create more split articulations.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2024 14:06     Subject: Re:MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:It will all come down to who the new superintendent is, and how much appetite they have for stirring things up vs. making minor changes around the edges.


Making changes around the edges is sufficient in 90%+ of the cases. There are more important battles to wage than this.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2024 12:02     Subject: Re:MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
It will all come down to who the new superintendent is, and how much appetite they have for stirring things up vs. making minor changes around the edges.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2024 11:54     Subject: MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
^ Perhaps, but because these are already among the most diverse schools in the state, that isn't a factor.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2024 11:54     Subject: Re:MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that all the area middle and high school boundaries are going to be up for review in a boundary study soon. Elementary school boundaries are excluded from the study.


Not a lot of options there for change since there is no high school in the entire East portion of the county south of the beltway. Blair still services that area says its original location was silver sprig. In fact, the next closest high school to us is BCC, which is 3 minutes further away than Blair.


Sure, but the dividing lines between Blair, Northwood, Einstein, and BCC are likely to be redrawn.

Yeah, but Takoma Park is safe.


There really aren't a lot of close in schools in that area. Blair isn't even that close, but he is a little closer than BCC, which is very downcounty since it's inside the Beltway.


Reminder that there are four factors. Proximity is just one of the four.


Perhaps, but because these are already among the most diverse schools in the state that isn't a factor.

But proximity carries the most weight.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2024 11:45     Subject: Re:MS/HS in Takoma Park, SS MD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that all the area middle and high school boundaries are going to be up for review in a boundary study soon. Elementary school boundaries are excluded from the study.


Not a lot of options there for change since there is no high school in the entire East portion of the county south of the beltway. Blair still services that area says its original location was silver sprig. In fact, the next closest high school to us is BCC, which is 3 minutes further away than Blair.


Sure, but the dividing lines between Blair, Northwood, Einstein, and BCC are likely to be redrawn.

Yeah, but Takoma Park is safe.


There really aren't a lot of close in schools in that area. Blair isn't even that close, but he is a little closer than BCC, which is very downcounty since it's inside the Beltway.


Reminder that there are four factors. Proximity is just one of the four.


But proximity carries the most weight.