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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?  [b]Why pay all this money for kids that would have ended up at UMD anyway had they stayed at their home schools? [/b] 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.  
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:roll: By the same logic, why waste money on early interventions for poorly performing students when it will not close the achievement gap and/or when they will get admission in magnet programs and colleges based upon affirmative action anyways. [/quote]

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