More than 13,000 families filed applications for magnet schools, year-round schools or traditional-calendar schools last month, according to data released today.
School officials said 8,722 applicants requested magnet schools, with 3,848 asking for spots in year-round schools and 2,860 wanting to be in traditional-calendar schools. The numbers include those who asked for multiple categories, such as both magnet schools and year-round schools.
School administrators said they’d begin placing applicants on Wednesday.
In advance of the selection lottery, the school board voted today to not randomly fill the last 10 percent of seats for the International Baccalaureate magnet program at Broughton High School. All the seats will be filled students from Daniels and East Millbrook middle schools, which both offer the IB program.
At other magnet schools, the last 10 percent of seats is filled randomly.
Board members justified the change to Broughton because the school’s magnet program is being phased out over the next five years.
I'll post a handout later showing the number of applicants from each school and for each magnet program.
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good point.
Tue, 10/20/2009 - 06:47 — hanktrotterYeah I was wondering the same thing. If they can make these last minute changes without notifying everyone else, than what's the point in having any part in the process at all? Seems like it's just to make them feel like they have some kind of control over the magnet schools when really they don't.
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The school board members
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 14:31 — KeungHui (author)The school board members seemed to be under the impression that the magnet applicants for Broughton would be confined to Daniels and East Millbrook students. When they saw that was not the case, they pushed for the change yesterday. Chuck Dulaney did raise concerns that it might be viewed as a case of changing the rules after the game started.
So the school board can vote
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 07:01 — mizunomomSo the school board can vote for last minute changes to the magnet application process (that were not on the agenda) and not bother to inform the group responsible for disseminating information to the public about these changes? I called my school board member (Rosa Gill) yesterday to inquire about this, but have not received a response.
Broughton magnet seats
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 12:27 — mizunomomI just called the Magnet Resource Center and they were not aware of the vote to not randomly fill the last 10percent of seats at Broughton. Why did the BOE wait until AFTER the application period to do this? As a result, I have wasted my child's magnet application on a school that she now has no chance of getting into.