M.E.DI.A. Magnet

The Magnet Program is a Court-Ordered voluntary integration program open to all L.A. Unified students. Fifty-four (54) of the 312 Magnet programs available are Gifted or Highly Gifted programs. In order to apply to one of these 54 programs, students must first meet the eligibility criteria.

You may complete the application online at eChoices.lausd.net or the Choices Brochure contains the application and is available the beginning of October.

Students may apply for up to three Magnet programs. If the applicant is selected to their first choice, choice two and three are not considered. If the applicant is selected into any program of their choice, the student will not be placed on any waiting list. If there is no space available in any of their choices, the student will be placed on the waiting list for their first choice only.

No. All applications are to be sent via U.S. mail or submitted online. Applications may also be hand-delivered to Student Integration Services at 333 South Beaudry Avenue, 25th Floor, Los Angeles, 90017. Unfortunately, we cannot be held responsible for lost applications.

Parents may submit Late Applications beginning February 3, 2020. If space becomes available the school’s Magnet coordinator will contact you. The Late Application does not guarantee placement at the school site.

Students are selected based on the Magnet program goal and are randomly accepted into Magnet programs based on the number of priority points they accrue. The number of students selected is based on the number of available spaces at a particular school. Any student who sent in an on-time application, but was not selected, is placed on a waiting list at the school.

No. The selection process is random and occurs after the on-time application deadline.

Your child’s status will depend on the number of openings at the school of application as well as the number of applicants. You may call the school to inquire about potential selection.

If a space becomes available, calls to students on the waiting list may begin as early as April and continue through the fourth week of the fall semester. Students may also be called during the first two weeks of the spring semester.

Students who are currently enrolled in a Magnet program do not have to reapply unless they want to change schools (this includes promotion to the next school level, such as elementary school to middle school or middle school to high school). If a student remains on a waiting list then the student should reapply.