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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i wish one of the PPs would clarify what they mean by assimilation.

It's my understanding that CAP (and Magnet) kids have always had their magnet classes separate and the rest of the classes they choose from the same course selection as all other kids.  They can select AP level courses for much of these.  So how are things different now?

I know they have stopped having a separate counselor for magnets and I can see where that's disadvantageous.  But is that all you are referring to?[/quote]

As the student was quoted in the Silver Chips online edition as saying, the regular school kids are being allowed to take magnet courses.  That necessarily means that they lower the standards for the course.  A number of teachers have also left or retired resulting in inexperienced teachers taking over.  RM, it seems, has a better retention rate for teachers.  If you look at the staff directory you will see that most of the original teachers have left.

The fact that this may be a careful effort to dismantle the magnets is supported by the recent integration of magnet students with the counselors for all students in the school.  Remember that Blair is a massive school and counselors have a big load.  So, they don't get to give the magnet students the type of one-to-one service they used to receive.  [/quote]

How often does this actually happen though?  Is it true for CAP?  I have always heard that nonmagnet kids can take math/science courses but I can't imagine that many kids do that.[/quote]

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