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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like I missed something. We didn't get any emails (or maybe I missed reading it) about criteria based magnets. I just went online to check but am still not clear. Do you have to apply for this or the school automatically does this for you? My kid is in GT and meets the requirements I see online - A's in Math and Science, 97th percentile (so above the 85th minimum).

If we had to do it ourselves I am going to beat myself over this for years to come. I saw the interest based lottery email and applied but we didn't get in.[/quote]

We got the letter yesterday. It is automatic. My kid is also all A's in Math and Science, 95th percentile. But was not selected for the lottery. I am confused?[/quote]

What's confusing?  It's a lottery.  Once you are in the pool, there is no difference between being 99%, all As, etc. and being (I think this is the right number) 85% and having [i]just[/i] made the cut to be in the pool.

Some people win lotteries.  Some people, usually far more people, lose lotteries.  You are in the latter group.[/quote]

The smart thing to do would be to treat advanced academics like a disability that schools have to meet and expand access, but schools don't want to divide all of their kids into tranches like that, so now there's a lottery that people can brag they got into.

I'm not a fan of middle school magnets for many reasons, but the artificial scarcity attached to seats does no one any good. It keeps affluent schools segregated, teaches 12-year-olds they can lose, and makes everyone involved even more petty and competitive over bs than they would be already.

It's perfect for the DMV, but it does bupkes for equality and it's a hell of a way to live. [/quote]

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