I would LOVE to have a session with Joe . <| sep |> Midwest suburbs of the Windy City <| sep |> This not the case in all places anymore . Many public schools in my area have rebranded themselves as magnets . Some places I ' ve heard of all public schools becoming magnets . A magnet school means it is open to students from outside the traditional district . In some urban areas , it is open to any student in the city . Other places mix urban and suburban students in predetermined percentages . The original idea was to being students with common interests together into learning communities . With their success , though , came more interest and more money . Now it has expanded to the point where there are plenty of openings at Magnets and students don ' t have to maintain any behavior or academic standards to attend . Another issue is that while each does have a theme , but students generally apply to every one . This has led to students with no interest in the arts being at the Performing Arts magnet which has negatively impacted those who went there for the arts . or students who are strong in Language Arts ending up at a STEM school .