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[quote=Anonymous]You seem legit good for you

Start off with some common definitions on what a magnet is

From my understanding a magnet is a way for an advanced student to go and pursue advanced studies outside of their home school.  At the other school they are surrounded by other magnet kids and not mixed with the normal kids

I'll lump AAP and G&T in there as well

What does this do

Cause an insane amount of test prep by fearful parents looking for some college goldent tickets for their kid to qualify instead of having you know the kids who are actually interested in the subject matter attedn
Causes the local school to lose a star student and family which has a negative effect on the people left behind
Causes additional financial costs and time sinks due to buses and longer commutes for the student
I don't see a benefit for the host school.  If anything it causes attention and resources to be diverted from the neighborhood kids and to the magnet kids

What I think should happen

Noone goes anywhere
Starting in kindergarden you group kids by low medium and high for reading and math (most teachers can do this the ones that can't should be gone) for the majority of the day all of the kids are together.  Stop doing this crazy pulling people out to do coursework two and three grades ahead.  
Starting in middle school you groups kids by ability level for all of their classes
In high school you have regular honors and AP.  At every public high school there is at least one section of all AP high performing kids
You get rid of the crazy notion of taking Algebra before eighth grade.  I mean really you have sophomores taking Calculus why???? what are they going to take in college
Most importantly you challenge kids wherever they are

Now for the actual geniuses out there.  They should probably be skipping grades or maybe even high school altogether but you are talking about the top .01%.  I am estimating maybe 50 kids for each graduating class in the whole county.

Just some thoughts

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