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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The magnet should move every year for equity, and keep moving east until the Potomac families stop sending their kids.
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That's a terrible idea and most of the kids in it aren't from Potomac so it wouldn't matter.  The magnet directory shows the largest number of kids are zoned for Blair.[/quote]

Similarly many of the "equity kids" aren't all that into it and drop out before the end of the first year.[/quote]

Someone upthread made this point as well, and I don't think it's supported by the numbers. I've had both pre-lottery and post-lottery kids in the MS criteria-based magnets and attrition does not seem to be higher in the post-lottery cohort. Matriculation might be lower (more kids turning down a slot) but kids actually leaving the program seems pretty stable. If you have evidence that the post-lottery rate is higher, please post it. [/quote]

There were close to 25 vacancies in the MS magnet since they started the lottery that's 20% attrition. Don't know what it was before the lottery but that seems bad.[/quote]

Where did you get those numbers from? Did you just make them up? I have a kid in the program who reports no kids leaving. If 25 has truly left current kids would know at least several of them, so the chances of this being correct infinitesimally tiny.[/quote]

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