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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking at the data for the examples provided for Region 4, each school gets about 135 magnet seats filled by students who are not local. That means roughly 520 students per school come from outside the attendance area.

In other words, one-quarter to one-third of all students at each high school are bused in from other parts of the region. That’s a massive amount of “bus in, bus out” activity.  Interestingly the report says it results in only one net bus per year per school?[/quote]

Beyond the issue of busing, students who are not in magnet programs may be placed at a disadvantage, as a significant portion (a third or even a quarter) of the school’s population participates in magnet programs after this model is implemented. This imbalance can negatively affect their chances of college admission, as even state universities often prioritize students who take most challenging courses offered at the school, many of whom come from magnet programs with greater access to advanced coursework.

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Is this true for Blair or RM?[/quote]

It is not the case currently. Colleges treat Blair SMCS students separately from the rest Blair students, so do RMIB. Their coordinators submit a SMCS-only/RMIB-only program description/statistics sheet to colleges to make sure the correct "peers" are defined. I'm not sure if this is going to hold true for the future, if every HS has one or two "special programs" and 15-20% of students are enrolled. [/quote]

500 non local seats and unknown number of local seats (maybe 150-200), so it’s more like 1/3 of the school. [/quote]

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