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[quote=Anonymous]Magnet locations were chosen by which schools had slipping demographics while the county was afraid of middle class flight which had gripped the urban core the previous decade or so after the riots of 68. MoCo in the late 70-early 80s was a different place with declining population and school closures.  Most schools had room back then which is why the previous posters are just wrong as many were closed. The programs went to the poorest areas in an effort to stop white flight as the areas were rapidly diversifying.  Same with Blair which was the first school with such a large minority population in MoCo.  Magnets are a mixing program that use academics to get high SES family to voluntary in.  Their primary mission was never stickily academics and wasn't about being convenient for commutes, it was about creating programs that would boost test scores and given other families hope by raising local perceptions of the schools so the middle class wouldn't leave.

Why are they all on that corner of the county, because that was the boarder to a very poor part of DC & PG and they were afraid that the remaining middle class would abandon it and make it even worse.  It should be worth noting that the rebound of the City and the programs has effectively done just that, maybe it is time to move the signature programs to different schools like Kennedy or Lee to make an impact there.

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