I really don’t like magnets or charter schools as I think they take money out of the neighborhood schools and concentrate talent (both student and parent) in little pockets. However, one of my kids went to a magnet and one to a charter for middle school. You have to play the cards you are dealt and those were the best choices for them at the time. I couldn’t change things and I couldn’t make my kids go to the neighborhood school’s traditional program because I thought magnets/charters weren’t good for society.