Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chiming in as a white mom that sent her kid to Parkland this year for the magnet and couldn't be happier. I think for any of the three MSMC schools, it depends on how well the programming options and block schedule align with your kid's interests and strengths. How much do the benefits of the electives and block schedule outweigh the logistical and social factors? In my son's case, all his favorite classes are the science electives and he is engaged in a way that he never would have been in a more traditional program. There are huge advantages and no disadvantages other than the long bus ride.
I didn't think that there was a MCPS bus to Parkland for those who don't live in the Parkland MS catchment area? What long bus ride are you referring to?
Here is the magnet bus routes. No activity bus though. But this saves me two hours each day.
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/transportation/busroutes/03787mbus.pdf
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chiming in as a white mom that sent her kid to Parkland this year for the magnet and couldn't be happier. I think for any of the three MSMC schools, it depends on how well the programming options and block schedule align with your kid's interests and strengths. How much do the benefits of the electives and block schedule outweigh the logistical and social factors? In my son's case, all his favorite classes are the science electives and he is engaged in a way that he never would have been in a more traditional program. There are huge advantages and no disadvantages other than the long bus ride.
I didn't think that there was a MCPS bus to Parkland for those who don't live in the Parkland MS catchment area? What long bus ride are you referring to?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chiming in as a white mom that sent her kid to Parkland this year for the magnet and couldn't be happier. I think for any of the three MSMC schools, it depends on how well the programming options and block schedule align with your kid's interests and strengths. How much do the benefits of the electives and block schedule outweigh the logistical and social factors? In my son's case, all his favorite classes are the science electives and he is engaged in a way that he never would have been in a more traditional program. There are huge advantages and no disadvantages other than the long bus ride.
I didn't think that there was a MCPS bus to Parkland for those who don't live in the Parkland MS catchment area? What long bus ride are you referring to?
Anonymous wrote:Chiming in as a white mom that sent her kid to Parkland this year for the magnet and couldn't be happier. I think for any of the three MSMC schools, it depends on how well the programming options and block schedule align with your kid's interests and strengths. How much do the benefits of the electives and block schedule outweigh the logistical and social factors? In my son's case, all his favorite classes are the science electives and he is engaged in a way that he never would have been in a more traditional program. There are huge advantages and no disadvantages other than the long bus ride.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the feedback. Maybe we will have to hope for a true magnet spot.
No dog in this fight, but there is nothing un-"true" about the MSMC magnets. A magnet school is a school that draws students from outside its boundaries, which they all do.
Mcps magnets were sited in certain areas specifically to attract affluent whites.
So what?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the feedback. Maybe we will have to hope for a true magnet spot.
No dog in this fight, but there is nothing un-"true" about the MSMC magnets. A magnet school is a school that draws students from outside its boundaries, which they all do.
Mcps magnets were sited in certain areas specifically to attract affluent whites.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the feedback. Maybe we will have to hope for a true magnet spot.
No dog in this fight, but there is nothing un-"true" about the MSMC magnets. A magnet school is a school that draws students from outside its boundaries, which they all do.
Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the feedback. Maybe we will have to hope for a true magnet spot.
Anonymous wrote:From the person who spent an hour there and said the lunchroom “seemed tough” to the person who heard from a friend of a friend that mean things happened in the locker room, what I’m hearing is “Hispanic kids are trouble.” How many of these behaviors would be “boys will be boys” if they were white? Middle school kids misbehave everywhere.
More on point: a friend’s son went there and liked it but didn’t find it too challenging. Much like most of the middle schools in the county.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have friends who have sent children to Argyle for the magnet. The magnet classes are great. The student population, however, is not great. Getting the wrong teacher for a class can mean that your child is in a group that is completely out of control. Phones out, videos being watched, even chairs being thrown instead of learning. Kids are physically harmed and threatened with worse if they report it in the locker room after gym class (where there is no adult supervision). This is not an exaggeration.
I think that’s the problem with these lottery programs. My son was sent to Parkland and he was miserable not because the teachers (The magnet classes were great) but because he wasn’t a STEM student. He wanted to go to Loiderman. He hated science class and unfortunately you have to take 2 at Parkland. There’s a lot of kids in these magnet schools who are put into schools that they’re not interested in and a group of them do disrupt those who want to learn. My son experience at Parkland was very lonely.