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The best option would be to combine both.  The Magnet program automatically admits, for example, all 98-99+ percentile children on a Merit basis; but also adds, say X slots on an 85th percentile "equity" basis.
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I agree with this suggestion. I believe they are no longer able use race as a category (right? can someone more knowledgeable correct me if I'm wrong?), but I wonder why they can't do this with FARMS status.

If you are 85% and FARMS you're in. If you're non-FARMS, you need to be in 99+ percentile. Why can't they do that?[/quote]

Sounds like a good idea now, but once kids become aware of this, and then view a classmate as a FARMS recipient, go figure... Educational policy should not be dictated by parents overly obsessed with raising the most academically competitive student.[/quote]

Wait, what? I actually don't understand what you're saying. How is PP's suggestion an example ed policy being "dictated by parents overly obsessed with raising the most academically competitive student."

Also, I'm not sure why other kids being aware of this is particularly different than kids being aware of the phenomenon of affirmative action. If you think your privileged kid isn't aware of his privilege and how it's made his academic path easier, starting before he was even born, then that's your failure. Similarly, if you think your kid would be unkind toward other kids because they're poor, that's also something you need to fix.

To wit, education policy should not be dictated by the fact that some parents have raised a**holes.

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