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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have friends who have sent children to Argyle for the magnet.  The magnet classes are great.  The student population, however, is not great.  Getting the wrong teacher for a class can mean that your child is in a group that is completely out of control.  Phones out, videos being watched, even chairs being thrown instead of learning. Kids are physically harmed and threatened with worse if they report it in the locker room after gym class (where there is no adult supervision).  This is not an exaggeration. [/quote]

I think that’s the problem with these lottery programs. My son was sent to Parkland and he was miserable not because the teachers (The magnet classes were great) but because he wasn’t a STEM student. He wanted to go to Loiderman. He hated science class and unfortunately you have to take 2 at Parkland. There’s a lot of kids in these magnet schools who are put into schools that they’re not interested in and a group of them do disrupt those who want to learn. My son experience at Parkland was very lonely.[/quote]

You should have tried to do a second round of lottery or for 7th grade transfer.  This is a huge issue where the kids are forced into the interests and its very limiting if those aren't your interests.  They don't have real "honors" classes and the kids are all lumped together so for smart kids, they are waiting for the others to do catch up or even do their work and are held back.  It would be nice if they had real honors classes, but that can be said for many of the MS in the area for kids locked out of the magnet programs.[/quote]

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