Principals at Chicago magnet schools won't be allowed to handpick who is admitted

From The Chicago Sun-Times: For a second year, principals of magnet elementary schools in Chicago will be barred from handpicking 5 percent of their students, after a committee could not agree on a way to remove clout from the process. The decision of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Magnet and Selective School Admission follows disclosures last year that a federal grand jury is investigating whether improper influence played a role in the selection of students to Chicago's elite college-prep high schools.