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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More and more schools are using "magnet" in their program or school names it seems. Just like calling 2/3 of kids "gifted" in MCPS. I guess that makes parents happy... [/quote]
Stop being obtuse. a magnet is a school or program that draws students in from outside the school's normal boundaries. It is a program that attracts students to the school who would not otherwise be zoned for that school. That is why it is called a magnet - the drawing in students aspect, not the method of admission. [b]It doesn't matter if it is test in or lottery.[/b] It is a magnet.[/quote]

You don't really believe that do you??  :shock: [/quote]

I do.  Here is the definition of a magnet school:

mag·net school
noun
noun: magnet school; plural noun: magnet schools

a public school offering special instruction and programs not available elsewhere, designed to attract a more diverse student body from throughout a school district.

Fits Parkland to a T.  OP never asked about a gifted program.[/quote]

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