magnet school
a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
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How to use magnet school in a sentence
Prestigious magnet school Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology will welcome the most diverse class of students in recent school history next fall, according to data released Wednesday by Fairfax County Public Schools.
After admissions changes, Thomas Jefferson High will welcome most diverse class in recent history, officials say | Hannah Natanson | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostIn 1997, Austin-East was designated as a performing arts magnet school.
One dead, officer injured after shooting at Tennessee school, police say | Laura Meckler | April 12, 2021 | Washington PostThose students haven’t even been accepted into the school and already they are being blamed for bringing down the admissions bar and potentially the quality of education at the STEM magnet school.
The diversity failures at the nation’s best public high school led officials to make changes. More are needed. | Theresa Vargas | March 17, 2021 | Washington PostFairfax County Public Schools is facing a second lawsuit over changes officials made last year to the admissions process at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, its flagship STEM magnet school.
Fairfax County school system faces second lawsuit over changes to Thomas Jefferson admissions | Hannah Natanson | March 10, 2021 | Washington Post
British Dictionary definitions for magnet school
a school that provides a focus on one subject area throughout its curriculum in order to attract, often from an early age, pupils who wish to specialize in this subject
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