A new math-science magnet center for Paul Revere Middle School in Brentwood has been approved by the school board.

The program, financed through a California National Guard grant resulting from cuts in the defense budget, will begin next fall with 150 seventh-graders, adding grades six and eight the following year.

Although the deadline for applying to the district's more than 100 magnets has passed, the deadline will be waived in the case of Revere and a second magnet at Granada Hills High School. Applications will be available at the schools shortly.