Students apply to attend a magnet school that is not their attendance area school.Ī magnet student is a student who attends a school that is not their attendance school for the purpose of participating in a magnet program.Ī priority is a weight that is used in the magnet lottery and the Special Transfer Option lottery according to the applicant’s particular situations. A magnet school can offer one or more magnet programs or themes.Ī magnet school offers a specialized program or theme that is designed to attract students from other schools for the purpose of promoting or maintaining a diverse student population in all schools. The lottery for choice schools is called the “Special Transfer Option” lottery.Ī magnet program is a specialized theme that allows students to explore a special talent, skill, gift or interest. In some high schools, the acceleration program is also a magnet program.Ī lottery is the process used to select students for a magnet school and a choice school as well as for a charter school when the number of applications exceeds the number of available openings. The high school acceleration programs have been strategically placed in each quadrant of the city so that all high school students have access to one of the four programs. The District offers AP Honors, Early College, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and Cambridge Secondary 2/AICE. All students participate in the magnet program(s).Ī high school acceleration program offers highly motivated students the opportunity to earn college credits while in high school. Charter schools provide additional school choice options for students.Ī dedicated magnet school does not have a specified attendance boundary all students apply to attend and are accepted through a lottery that operates on a selection system based on choice and priority.

Charter schools are freed from many of the regulations that govern traditional public schools, but they are accountable for academic progress and sound fiscal practices. Young Men's and Women's Leadership AcademyĪ career academy is a school-based, “school within school,” business-driven model that integrates academic and career-related curricula with a small group of teachers who work as a team to plan and manage the program.Ī charter school is a public school that operates on a contract or “charter” with the Duval County School Board.Schools for the Future/Bridge to Success.Samuel Wolfson School for Advanced Studies and Leadership.Smart Pope Livingston Primary Learning Center.Richard Lewis Brown Gifted and Talented Academy.

Joseph Stilwell Military Academy of Leadership.

Fort Caroline Middle School of the Visual and Performing Arts.

Andrew Jackson High School of Advanced Technology.

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