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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will magnet schools pull top students from struggling schools and concentrate them in one place?  Wouldn't skimming be to the detriment of most students who are not attending selective programs?  How can all 42,000 DCPS students benefit from magnets?[/quote]

A) those top students are leaving the system or concentrating themselves somewhere ( charter, deal) by middle school anyway. 
They do not stick around at a crappy school.  The top students at crappy schools are a false top since all the students who would have  topped them have left anyway.  Thus the whole system suffers and standards sink.

B)  I can see magnet middle schools keeping/attracting more families to the district who.then invest in their.neighborhood elementary knowing that they have a viable choice afterwards, thus improving the.elementary schools overall.

C) magnet middle schools wouldn't have to be just for top students.  It could also be organized around interest/talent.  Languages or technology or arts.

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