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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Child entering 4th. Discussion beginning about who is going to have their kid apply to which magnet middle school. I'm just frustrated that there aren't enough resources to go around in the county so that only 1 kid in 10 can be accepted and get the opportunity to go to the magnets. Public services in MoCo always leave me feeling like there are too many people fighting for too few scraps. [/quote]

There are [b]3 magnets that are not test in but interest focused.  Its lottery based.[/b] I think this poster is referring to them. And for these magnets I know people applied that were trying to avoid there home middle school.  When we purchased our home we reviewed the schools that our children would eventually attend before buying.  If you think that your child is too special to attend the home middle school, why did you purchase there if you were not happy with the schools.  We bought a smaller home in a better school district specifically for the schools.

Also, tons of children in the W school districts apply for the test in gifted magnet programs.  Those are highly selective regardless of where a family lives. [/quote]

Lottery based schools are not really "magnets". Only the test-in schools are true magnets. [/quote]

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