Hold onto your seats. Exiting Charleston County School Board member Gregg Meyers has determined to leave his mark on the admissions process for every magnet school in CCSD.
Academic Magnet High School: this means you.
Meyers, meeting tomorrow, will railroad his CCSD Policy Committee into confirming a lottery process for any students in excess of capacity of any magnet program. With stars in his eyes and at one fell swoop, Meyers creates a Buist-style lottery for every popular magnet program in the district. No more merit-based admissions.
Remember? the old smoke and mirrors game for the favored few?
But wait! There's more!
The new policy will promote racial diversity by allowing the use of zip codes rather than race as criteria.
Let the jockeying for position begin.
You may now understand why Meyers has chosen to leave after this term. You may also understand why CCSD continues to violate open-meeting laws as it considers these changes.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
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