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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Throughout the country, this is the primary purpose of magnet programs.  They are not meant to serve the children with resources.  They are meant to pull bright, hard-working kids out of problematic schools.  Look at the racial breakdown of magnets in other districts the size of MOCO.  They are generally over 70% minority.

I haven't checked the truth behind the post. But didn't someone post last week that half of Blair magnet kids end up at UMD?  Why pay all this money for kids that would have ended up at UMD anyway had they stayed at their home schools?  I can't believe the money isn't better spent.  As a county, what are we actually getting out of these magnet programs? Is there research that magnt students have gone on to better and brighter things than the AP/IB kids in the home schools?

Magnets should be used to help students who are motivated and intelligent - but not so lucky in the birth lottery.  Plus, keeping the bulk of magnet kids in their home schools will make all of the schools stronger.

Don't denigrate UMD at College Park.  There are some great programs there.

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