The district has used magnet schools since 1985, allowing certain schools to concentrate on special disciplines, a system that was intended to increase the number of suburban students volunteering to attend the city schools.
The sale comes six months after Times Mirror announced that it was paring certain assets to concentrate on its newspaper business, which has been the core of the corporate strategy put forth by its chairman and chief executive, Mark H. Willes.
Admittedly, most general surgeons had a special interest, and for a long time there had been an element of specialization in such fields as ophthalmology, orthopedics, obstetrics, and gynecology; but before long it became apparent that, to achieve progress in certain areas, surgeons had to concentrate their attention on that particular subject.
Rumours are flying around constantly that particular parties are pulling their teams out of certain constituencies in order to concentrate on areas where they feel they have a better chance.
"They have difficulties about how to act in certain situations and how to concentrate.
In both the United States and Europe, efforts have been made to concentrate certain medical procedures in high volume hospitals, with hopes of improving patient outcomes at a population level.
These immigrants and their descendants have tended to concentrate in certain barrios, or neighbourhoods, of the city.
I found it difficult to concentrate on certain passages of War and Peace the first (and only) time I read it.
When surface poles are present, the particles tend to concentrate in certain regions to form a pattern that is readily observed with an optical microscope.
Even in the art world, despite the present raised visibility for black artists, a token system is still in effect, requiring them to seek support in racially specific contexts and to concentrate on certain kinds of art.
