Magnet school definition

Magnet school means an entire school with a focus on a special area of study, such as science, the performing arts, or career education, designed to attract pupils from across the school district who may choose to attend the magnet school instead of their local public school.
Magnet school means a public school with a rigorous and challenging curriculum that
Magnet school means a school which is organized around an area of interests, draws students from an entire community, and has no specific entrance standards except interest in the focus of the school (e.g., a magnet school for the arts or a magnet school for science and mathematics).

Examples of Magnet school in a sentence

  • Magnet school assignments are determined geographically based on the student’s home middle school.

  • If a Magnet student moves to a residence within ▇▇▇▇ Arundel County that is zoned outside of the current Magnet school assignment, that student will be reassigned to the location of the Magnet Program as determined by the new home middle school.


More Definitions of Magnet school

Magnet school means a public school with a rigorous and challenging curriculum that greatly exceeds the state’s minimum requirements and is intended to attract high-achieving students from across the boundaries of traditional school districts. The curriculum for a magnet school program may be specialized, such as a STEM school, or generalized.
Magnet school means a physical plant having any or all of grades kindergarten through twelve, supported primarily from public funds and under the supervision of public school administrators. It exists under a designation granted by a reorganized school district.
Magnet school means a school established by a local school district for the purpose of creating special programs to attract students within the local school district.

Related to Magnet school

  • At school means in a classroom, elsewhere on school premises, on a school bus or other school- related vehicle, or at a school-sponsored activity or event whether or not it is held on school premises. "At school" includes conduct using a telecommunications access device or telecommunications service provider that occurs on or off school premises if the telecommunications access device or the telecommunications service provider is owned by or under the control of the school.

  • High school means grades 9 through 12.