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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, and i do too. The kid had had enough of magnet program culture, and the local school is closer, more convenient, and less homogeneous.[/quote]

Turned down boarding school and IB magnet for IB home school after magnet MS.

No commute. Less homework. More time for activities and down time/other interests. Magnet personality meant DC sometimes went over the top with projects and areas of interest, which teachers were easily impressed by. Still took a ton of IB and AP classes, although as a parent I occasionally had to step in to insist that DC be allowed to register for a particular class or class load which would typically be considered “too much” for a student. I’m sure I appeared very cocky, helicopter-y and that people assumed that I was secretly pushing DC, which wasn’t at all the case.  Teachers and admin often don’t recognize the special need and drive of gifted students - you have to allow them to pursue what they’re interested in at the level they’re interested, which can be atypically high & deep.

It worked out OK. I don’t think it would have been better at a magnet.  The stuff about high school that was rocky, would have been rocky at any school, magnet or otherwise. [/quote]

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