Definition of magnet school
: a school with superior facilities and staff and often a specialized curriculum designed to attract pupils from throughout a city or school district
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Bermudez Zimmerman attended one of the new regional magnet schools that opened in response to the Sheff lawsuit.
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Bristol currently sends more than 300 students to magnet schools in other communities.
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There’s still room for new students at five Palm Beach County magnet schools benefiting from an $11.6 million federal grant that has paid for arts teachers, academic coaches and new iPads for students.
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The Miami-Dade County Commission for Women, created in 1971, holds a partnership with the magnet school to offer annual scholarships to alumni.
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English teacher Kozbi Simmons said Digital Harbor High School, a South Baltimore magnet school that enrolls more than 1,200 students, was a ghost town.
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In Houston, 17 of the district’s 284 schools are magnet schools that have minimum academic requirements for grades and test scores; If there are more qualified applicants than seats, students are chosen by lottery.
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Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is an elite magnet school in Northern Virginia that also uses an entrance exam.
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About 127,000 students ride 1,100 CMS buses, which cross the county taking students to neighborhood and magnet schools.
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First Known Use of magnet school
1968
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Definition of magnet school for English Language Learners
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: a school that has courses in special subjects (such as the arts or technology) and is designed to attract students from all parts of a community
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