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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve hear public magnets tend now to be overcrowded, both in MoCo and Fairfax, and that they also tend not to differentiate much. They teach material that’s more advanced than the standard grade level, but that within the AAP programs, the kids are pretty much held at the same level. Is that true? [/quote] Coming from a big 3 the public magnets would likely feel "overcrowded" because their models are based on higher student/teacher ratios. I've heard that MoCo's magnets serve roughly the top 5% of the population, while Fairfax's AAP programs serve the top 20%. This probably has an impact on how differentiation is handled, depending on which system you're in. In MoCo the process to get into a magnet middle school changed this year. Many more students applied than in the past. Many of the students who were accepted were *not* the students coming from magnet elementary programs.[/quote]
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