magnet school

noun

: a school with superior facilities and staff and often a specialized curriculum designed to attract pupils from throughout a city or school district

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After community pushback derailed plans to start a magnet school in Colchester next fall, educators want to present the idea again before a March 31 deadline for state funding. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2025 This news comes one day before the deadline to apply to magnet schools for the upcoming school year. Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2024 Create a system where the neighborhood school effectively competes with the magnets; at the end of the day, Hartford is stronger with strong neighborhood schools than with strong magnet schools. John Q. Gale, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2025 The findings, based on data obtained from open records requests, showed a dip in enrollment at several schools, including most of the district's magnet schools. Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for magnet school

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First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of magnet school was in 1965

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“Magnet school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnet%20school. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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