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Magnet Elementary School Priorities (Excluding Joyner,Underwood, Hodge, Smith, Wendell and Zebulon)
(These priorities may be updated after approval of the 23-24 assignment plan in November)
Guaranteed priority
Rising Kindergarten students receive guaranteed priority to join an older sibling assigned as a magnet student at the same school in 2023-2024.
Remaining priorities
After assigning students who receive sibling priority, 90% of the available seats will be filled using the following priorities, in order:
Priority 2
Student who is assigned to a next school designated as high socioeconomic status and who lives in an area designated as high socioeconomic status.
Priority 3
Student who is assigned to a next school designated as high socioeconomic status and who lives in an area designated as medium socioeconomic status.
Priority 4
Student who is assigned to a next school designated as medium socioeconomic status and who lives in an area designated as high socioeconomic status.
Priority 5
Student who is assigned to a next school designated as medium socioeconomic status and who lives in an area designated as medium socioeconomic status.
Remaining Seats
The remaining 10% of the available seats will be filled randomly from all remaining applications. This may be reduced to 5% for schools that do not fill 90% of the available seats with priority applicants.