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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it also seems to be antithetical to what some have suggested here -- that peeling off the top-performing kids that are motivated from the worse-performing schools will just make those schools spiral downward.[/quote]

I'm sure this is the idea behind spreading out academic specialities.  Sure some families are going to be more motivated to get out of their neighborhood school than others, but you can spread out these programs.  I don't know why Blair currently has SMCS and CAP, but if you move the CAP to Northwood (for example), you're going to get more families interested in Northwood than there are currently -- without losing interest in Blair SMCS.[/quote]

for those not in the know, what is SMCS and CAP?[/quote]

SMCS is the science math and comp sci magnet and CAP is the communication arts program [/quote]

so the magnet seems so small as to be something not worth mentioning.  I don't understand why people think these magnets improve the entire school.  Perhaps that make the average grades higher, but otherwise it's just more resources for a small amount of lucky kids.[/quote]

Well at Blair for example, any student can take advanced magnet classes if they meet the prerequisites.[/quote]

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