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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The magnet is there to boost test scores of the school.[/quote]

First off, no. That was the original purpose, or more accurately to boost the white population but at the time that was essentially the same thing. It is however, not the purpose anymore. If you adjust for the Blair Magnet's 400 students by using the data put out by the magnet program, which is fairly easy since you just assume all 400 have the same average SAT and subtract, Blair has an average SAT of 1159, fairly high for a school of its wealth (approximately half FARMS, FARMS being the best measure of wealth available). I am working on a publication so you can see how I did this adjustment but for now take me at my word.

[quote]The W schools all have lots of AP and other classes the DCC doesn't have. Those slots should be for kids in DCC who don't have equal access.[/quote]
You have pointed out the solution to the problem in your own complaint, just advanced classes at those schools. I haven't seen anyone, even here, argue against doing that. Besides, Blair itself does offer those classes and a DCC student can, in theory, go to Blair without going to magnet. I understand that that is problematic since Blair is immensely overcrowded and it seems silly to move students instead of just moving the classes. [/quote]

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