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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]20:51 poster,

Do you have a child at any of these schools? I'd love to hear your experiences.[/quote]

I actually do not, yet.  My kids go to a school that feeds into the Argyle/Parkland/Loiederman group, though, and my husband teaches at Clemente, AND my friend teaches at Parkland.  so that's my perspective.  The "normies" thing is absolutely real, and my DH has talked about it to the extent that he would NOT want our child to be in a magnet that divides the students in that way.  He teaches a special and has classes from both groups, and sees the division as a negative, but that's just his perspective as a teacher.  The students themselves (from both groups) are well-behaved and most do well in his class.

My oldest kid is not headed to middle school next year, but is talking about which school is preferred.  Parkland is the "nerd" school (maybe a good sign?), Loiederman is for girls.  Nothing for Argyle just yet, but I'm sure that will show up in the coming year.  We're not planning to move, and probably wouldn't be interested in applying for any other magnets, so we will make the decision to be happy sending our kids to one of those three middle schools, however they decide.

And I'll just say it, because I know it matters to some people here.  We are white.[/quote]

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