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by dmix 1432 days ago
The recruiting part actually starts in elementary (there's about 7 different schools in the area):

> Mr. Frazer searches for prospects in elementary school and steers them to accelerated math classes in middle school.

> Mr. Frazer’s insight was to connect four levels of education: The kids he scouts in elementary school develop in middle school, compete in high school and take specialized classes from college professors that he brings to Buchholz’s campus.

Sounds about right that he'd push them to the same magnet school if it's the only good one in the area.