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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, there’s a whole thread right now worrying that the regional magnets will be watered down because they will allegedly admit students by a lottery of only moderately qualified applicants: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/105/1317129.page

And yet this thread claims there will be a major brain drain from the other schools.

So both of these worries can’t be true.[/quote]
Yes, both of these worries can be true. The magnet programs may not meet the expectations of folks who want programs for truly gifted students, and they also may result in large portions of the most motivated and well resourced students leaving higher poverty schools.

A large majority of MCPS students in will not graduate proficient in math and ELA. In many schools the percentage of kids that can meet basic standards for a magnet and for regular AP classes (much less an elite magnet program) is not very large. And of those, the ones that can get transportation from their parents to a school that is not their home school are likely to be disproportionately White and come from families with higher incomes 
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