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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what do we think the criteria will be?  It looks like they are planning on 60 non-local students per grade for the SMCS, IB, and humanities programs.  Let's assume another 20 local students for each, so that would be 80 students per grade for each program, or 480 countywide.  Out of like 12,000 kids per grade that's like top 4% if you think about each of them individually, but between the overlap of the kids qualifying/interested and the fact that some won't attend, you're probably talking about these programs serving approximately the top 15% of kids or so.

Honestly given that they use 85th percentile for ES and MS magnet lotteries now, I would not be surprised if they just pick that, at least for IB and humanities.  Big question would be if it's locally normed like in the lower grades, or purely top 15% of the county.  [/quote]

I bet it will be just like CES/MS magnets. A grade of A in the relevant subjects and relevant MAP in the top 15th percentile, locally normed. That’s it. [/quote]

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