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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get how this is working.  If there are already limited seats for the program, and it’s really a choice process for select feeder schools how can there be limited opportunity for the students?  How is there not more smaller performances or still two large performances and then smaller community/afterschool offerings.  What exactly are the magnet students doing that they couldn’t be doing at their home school?[/quote]

All the DCC “magnet” middle schools have 8 classes/year (alternating days of 4 blocks/day). So these students all get a 3rd elective. The type of additional electives offered depend on the school. I think all 3 of them are Title I or close to it so there are some additional programs/grants that teachers can apply for (the Strathmore choreographer for after school productions for example). But there are still almost 1,000 kids at each of these middle schools without much additional classroom and performing space.

Also, it’s not a magnet in the sense that kids audition or test into the school. So some kids may be at one MS because they didn’t want the other 2, not necessarily that they love the focus of the school.

It’s a great opportunity for kids who can’t access the multitude of private options available in this area. However, if you can I would put my time and $ towards things like ATA, Imagination Stage, Strathmore Children’s Choir, and private lessons.[/quote]

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