magnet school
noun
: 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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A number of the district’s high schools, including its magnet schools, already use some form of 4×4 schedules.
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Jefferson County Public Schools agreed to change several policies to keep a federal magnet school grant.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Who Worked on Epstein Case A person familiar with the decision said funding would also be pulled from programs supporting gifted and talented education, magnet schools, international education and teacher training.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Miami-Dade schools are funded on a per student basis, and fewer overall children enrolled means millions of dollars less to maintain school facilities and fewer students to fill out specialty programs like arts and magnet schools.
—Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Jefferson County Public Schools agreed to change several policies to keep a federal magnet school grant.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Who Worked on Epstein Case A person familiar with the decision said funding would also be pulled from programs supporting gifted and talented education, magnet schools, international education and teacher training.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Miami-Dade schools are funded on a per student basis, and fewer overall children enrolled means millions of dollars less to maintain school facilities and fewer students to fill out specialty programs like arts and magnet schools.
—Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Magnet school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnet%20school. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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