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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find the whole  magnet thing racist and favoring rich people in general even with the lottery.

A top 100 school district in another state did away with then for “equity” reasons around 20 years ago.

They took that money and instead of focusing on the top 5 percent of students spent it in a new type of magnet school for  the bottom 5 percent of students to provide remedial help, better teacher to student rations, provide autistic and help special needs kids and kids with emotional issues.

Why did well off straight A  white and Asian kids with college educated parents need extra help.

It is like putting Tom Brady on a bad football team and deciding let’s only give Tom Brady extra help. No you spend resources on the players that need it not the already great players. [/quote]

I see that only some people bring up race in this discussion. This is not about race or color of skin or economic status. This is about academic achievement. By the way, magnet program is not extra help. It is to provide enough challenges for G&T kids who has a consistent record of higher academic progress evidenced by the consistent test scores. I wonder why some twist and distract the topic of discussion here.[/quote]

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