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[quote=Anonymous]I'd say no, but partly because the whole magnet thing was definitely not my idea.  My kid really wanted to do it and I allowed it over strong misgivings.

I have been often irritated by it because the commute was an issue.  I ended up giving up my car to them as soon as they could get their license, which was not the original plan, because there really wasn't another way that they could make their sport/extracurricular, other than me becoming their uber driver.

I think the friend thing has worked out okay,  I think one of the reasons my kid really wanted to go to magnet was that the friend group from MS was rocky, and this was a fresh start.  They have made some good friends -- that likely would have also happened at home school, but who knows.

The workload is a lot.  They have developed a major caffeine habit that I am not crazy about.  Hopefully college will now seem easy.  They have developed at lot of organizational skill and self-motivation, so that's good.

I think the kid really needs to want it, and be self-motivated.  If you make the decision for your reasons (rather than them making the decision for their reasons), I think there's a good chance you'll be disappointed.[/quote]

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