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In article <1993Jan7.200126.13933@wam.umd.edu>, kckbxr@next16pg2.wam.umd.edu (Robin Hood) writes:

|> I didn't read the article, but your letter and the examples taken from the  
|> article indicate magnet schools used in a post-high school setting.   
|> There, I agree.  In high schools, in my opinion, it's a different story.   
|> In P.G. County, MD, there are a variety of magnet schools offerred.  I  
|> think that this is discriminatory at this age-level.  I don't see the need  
|> to concentrate on the magnet school programs on the hs-level when there  
|> aren't enough funds to educate the general public properly.

Only a very few magnet schools (they happen to be the most publicized ones for
this reason) are given extra funds. In general magnet schools are given the same
amount of funds or less (because you can pay the teachers less) yet they produce
much more in the way of education. On the basis of making the most of your
precious education dollars, since magnet schools presently funded at the same
levels as their regular counterparts produce a greater marginal return on each
education dollar, it would be best to give the magnet schools additional funds
until these marginal rates are the same.

Similarly, this argument would suggest that the huge amount of money pumped into
the system to help stupid people (often 3-4 times as much per student) would
be much better spent on everybody else.

|> Many high  
|> schools are limited as far as necessities are concerned (terribly old  
|> books, limited amounts of copy paper, resources, teachers, etc.) to the  
|> general public.  I don't see how the Dept. of Education can justify  
|> spending the general public's tax dollars on a few select individuals.  If  
|> these people want advanced education, then they should look for alternate  
|> means to funding it, but not the PUBLIC education budget!
 
|> Now, you may disagree with me and say well, what qualifies me to have an  
|> opinion on the subject.  Well, I graduated from one of the high schools in  
|> P.G. County, MD, in 1989 and am currently at the Univ. of Maryland.  I've  
|> since visited my high school and have seen how pathetic it looks.  I guess  
|> we can all thank his royal highness, Gov. of Baltimore, Willie Shaeffer  
|> for the millions of tax dollars in which the kids will never be able to  
|> have for education now, can't we?

Have you visited the magnet high school? How much additional money does it get
per student? Do you have any reason to believe it gets any or are you making
this up?

Jason W. Solinsky