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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I toured it as my DC is highly interested in tech and I suspect that will be his future.  From my hour+ there, I agree with the PP.  The focused classes are great, but there are so many hours in the rest of the day that are driven by the rest of the population -- the lunchroom seemed tough, and [b]there are so many classes that are "mixed" that it's not really a 'magnet' school in any true sense.  I'd tour it yourself, but probably recommend avoiding[/quote][/b]
[b]All the classes are mixed. It’s a whole school program. There no magnet kids and non magnet kids. They are all in the program[/b].[/quote]

Which means that it is not a magnet program, just called one!

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It is a whole school magnet.  The digital design classes are magnet level classes.  How does this affect you?  Does a school only count as magnet if it brings in kids from outside the neighborhood and segregates them from the normies?[/quote]

Do all the kids have to take the digital design magnet level classes or only those that want to?  I think the question with magnets is the availability of special electives and being in class with motivated, engaged students with limited disruptiveness.  That is presumably more of a problem in “mixed” classes and/or classes where not everyone shares a strong interest in the “magnet” subject.[/quote]

There is no gatekeeping for the magnet electives in any of the MSMC schools.  If a student wants to take the magnet level class, it is open to him or her.  The class is filled with students who requested to be in the class.  As PP noted earlier, Loiederman and Parkland seem to have a larger group of students with stronger interest in their magnet foci, but that doesn't mean the magnet classes at Argyle are worthless and magnet in name only.[/quote]

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