Lawsuit challenging MCPS magnet admissions dismissed

[Anonymous]

Thank god. The idea that testing everyone who could potentially be in the pool is discriminatory is laughable.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/lawsuit-challenging-mcps-magnet-admissions-dismissed/

[Anonymous]

Dang. I was looking forward to hearing the discovery.

[Anonymous]

It will be refiled if the UNC case goes the way everyone is expecting it to go

[Anonymous]

Needs to get to the Supreme Court of the US.

It's an absolute joke this is allowed.

[Anonymous]

In her memorandum dismissing the lawsuit, Xinis wrote: “… the Court cannot see how the Pandemic Plan visited a disproportionate burden on Asian American students when the percentage of admitted Asian American students so substantially outpaces the percentage representation among all applicants.”

[Anonymous]

"District officials have said students at a school with a large population of advanced students are better suited to [b]work together there[b], whereas advanced students who don’t have similarly skilled classmates at their school have a greater need for a magnet program."

Surely, the District doesn't intend to equate what they offer in home middle schools (HIGH, "Advanced" English (for Humanities) and Applied IM (for Math and Science) as a substitute for the magnets offered to students simply based on what school they go to!?! What a great service to those kids with fewer cohorts, and what a disservice to the kids with larger cohorts!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In her memorandum dismissing the lawsuit, Xinis wrote: “… the Court cannot see how the Pandemic Plan visited a disproportionate burden on Asian American students when the percentage of admitted Asian American students so substantially outpaces the percentage representation among all applicants.”

So does this mean MCPS admitted more asians into the program compared to the percentage of asians applied? So it is fair and ok to not admit other equally qualified asian students? May be this is posted out of context?

Doesn't MCPS have a responsibility to meet the academic needs of ALL students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In her memorandum dismissing the lawsuit, Xinis wrote: “… the Court cannot see how the Pandemic Plan visited a disproportionate burden on Asian American students when the percentage of admitted Asian American students so substantially outpaces the percentage representation among all applicants.”

So does this mean MCPS admitted more asians into the program compared to the percentage of asians applied? So it is fair and ok to not admit other equally qualified asian students? May be this is posted out of context?

Doesn't MCPS have a responsibility to meet the academic needs of ALL students?

But what are "academic needs" after all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

"District officials have said students at a school with a large population of advanced students are better suited to work together there, whereas advanced students who don’t have similarly skilled classmates at their school have a greater need for a magnet program."

Surely, the District doesn't intend to equate what they offer in home middle schools (HIGH, "Advanced" English (for Humanities) and Applied IM (for Math and Science) as a substitute for the magnets offered to students simply based on what school they go to!?! What a great service to those kids with fewer cohorts, and what a disservice to the kids with larger cohorts!

Well, now the job is to pressure principals and MCPS to implement tracking for HIGH and "Advanced" English. They have the ability and they are choosing not to do it. So put their feet to the fire and demand cohorted classes.

[Anonymous]

The attorneys for the Association for Education Fairness should have introduced the evidence from other complaints. I don't know why they turned down the other parents. It's their own fault they lost, imho.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In her memorandum dismissing the lawsuit, Xinis wrote: “… the Court cannot see how the Pandemic Plan visited a disproportionate burden on Asian American students when the percentage of admitted Asian American students so substantially outpaces the percentage representation among all applicants.”

So does this mean MCPS admitted more asians into the program compared to the percentage of asians applied? So it is fair and ok to not admit other equally qualified asian students? May be this is posted out of context?

Doesn't MCPS have a responsibility to meet the academic needs of ALL students?

The judge decided that there is no evidence that the non-COGAT lottery structure, which MCPS now says will be in place for the foreseeable future, has a disparate impact on Asian Americans because Asian American students are still being admitted to middle school magnets at a rate higher than their representation among the population of the County.

[Anonymous]

It's an outrage.

There is obvious anti-Asian discrimination; that moronic judge cannot pretext that just because discrimination wasn't done on purpose, it's OK to keep discriminating. They also seriously need to get better at mathematics instead of claiming Asians are still admitted at a higher rate than their representation - that completely misses the point!

Maybe if more Asians were admitted to selective programs, the average judge IQ would be higher and justice wouldn't miscarry so often (joking, joking).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In her memorandum dismissing the lawsuit, Xinis wrote: “… the Court cannot see how the Pandemic Plan visited a disproportionate burden on Asian American students when the percentage of admitted Asian American students so substantially outpaces the percentage representation among all applicants.”

So does this mean MCPS admitted more asians into the program compared to the percentage of asians applied? So it is fair and ok to not admit other equally qualified asian students? May be this is posted out of context?

Doesn't MCPS have a responsibility to meet the academic needs of ALL students?

The judge decided that there is no evidence that the non-COGAT lottery structure, which MCPS now says will be in place for the foreseeable future, has a disparate impact on Asian Americans because Asian American students are still being admitted to middle school magnets at a rate higher than their representation among the population of the County.

So Judge did not decide whether MCPS is providing equal opportunities for all students.
But rather If they provide opportunities 10 students and the ratio meets the population demographic ratio, then that is legally fine? What about all the students who are equally qualified but left out due to lottery system?
Just trying to understand the rationale

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Needs to get to the Supreme Court of the US.

It's an absolute joke this is allowed.

No, it's more a joke that they would waste tax dollars on even entertaining nonsense like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In her memorandum dismissing the lawsuit, Xinis wrote: “… the Court cannot see how the Pandemic Plan visited a disproportionate burden on Asian American students when the percentage of admitted Asian American students so substantially outpaces the percentage representation among all applicants.”

So does this mean MCPS admitted more asians into the program compared to the percentage of asians applied? So it is fair and ok to not admit other equally qualified asian students? May be this is posted out of context?

Doesn't MCPS have a responsibility to meet the academic needs of ALL students?

The judge decided that there is no evidence that the non-COGAT lottery structure, which MCPS now says will be in place for the foreseeable future, has a disparate impact on Asian Americans because Asian American students are still being admitted to middle school magnets at a rate higher than their representation among the population of the County.

So Judge did not decide whether MCPS is providing equal opportunities for all students.
But rather If they provide opportunities 10 students and the ratio meets the population demographic ratio, then that is legally fine? What about all the students who are equally qualified but left out due to lottery system?
Just trying to understand the rationale

Seems reasonable to me.