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Deadline Coming For Magnet School Applications

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Time is running out for students to send in their applications for Magnet Programs in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.

Miami-Dade and Broward County Public Schools offers a wide variety of choices. Magnet Schools and programs allow you to elect out of an assigned boundary school and enroll in a Magnet program which specializes in areas of interests, talents, and abilities.

There are Magnet Schools and Programs for students as young as 4 years old.

Currently, there are 460 choice programs in over 100 Miami-Dade schools, with an enrollment of over 57,000 students.

Magnet programs are available to students under the following six themes of study:

  • Careers & Professions
  • International Programs
  • Liberal Arts
  • Mathematics, Science, & Technology
  • Visual & Performing Arts
  • Virtual Offerings

 

The application period for the 2016-2017 school year opened on October 1st, 2015 and closes January 15th, 2016 in Miami-Dade.

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In Broward County, the application window for the 2016-2017 school year is open now through February 10th, 2016.

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