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Based on your opinion, please respond to the "Magnet Program" questions below:

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* 1. How would you define a Magnet school?

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* 2. What do you value about HISD’s Magnet schools?

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* 3. Improving diversity in Magnet schools is a district goal. Do you believe that HISD is accomplishing this goal?

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* 4. Which Magnet schools do you consider the very best and why?

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* 5. Why is community involvement important in Magnet schools?

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* 6. How should HISD determine the effectiveness of its Magnet programs?

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* 7. What do you recommend HISD do to improve its Magnet programs?

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* 8. How do you think students should be selected to attend a Magnet program?

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* 9. Should siblings of Magnet students be given preference in a Magnet school? If so, why?

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* 10. Do you think principals and teachers in Magnet schools need more training and professional development than principals and teachers in non-Magnet schools? If so, why?

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* 11. How do you think funding of Magnet programs should be distributed? (for example: per pupil, by program type, equal funding, etc.)

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* 12. Please complete the following sentence in the text block below:
When I think of students being educated in HISD Magnet schools, I think of _____________________.

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* 13. Do you have child(ren) currently enrolled in HISD Magnet schools?

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* 14. Do you consider your Magnet schools “special?”

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* 15. Does your child(ren) require transportation?

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* 16. In which part of the city do you reside?

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