Lawsuit challenging MCPS magnet admissions dismissed

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

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Anonymous wrote:Except the goal is to also break up the high-performing schools in the name of equity …

Anonymous wrote:Can someone elaborate what does this means?

Just a cultural warrior tossing a grenade.

Instead of explaining what the comment means, you resort to calling names and online bullying why?

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

I would have no problem with that

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

Yup. American public schools really need to work harder at developing and maintaining an equitable spread of former high school athletes throughout our communities.

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

Yup. American public schools really need to work harder at developing and maintaining an equitable spread of former high school athletes throughout our communities.

Then why is that MCPS is ignoring implementing lottery for sports teams? Equity will be good in sports too right?

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

Yup. American public schools really need to work harder at developing and maintaining an equitable spread of former high school athletes throughout our communities.

Then why is that MCPS is ignoring implementing lottery for sports teams? Equity will be good in sports too right?

And that, fellow DCUM board warriors, is how you bait a troll trap

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Roll the dice and your kid may get lucky with a magnet slot! Lucky 7 baby!

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

Yup. American public schools really need to work harder at developing and maintaining an equitable spread of former high school athletes throughout our communities.

Then why is that MCPS is ignoring implementing lottery for sports teams? Equity will be good in sports too right?

Seems like an excellent idea to have more kids benefit from this experience.

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

Yup. American public schools really need to work harder at developing and maintaining an equitable spread of former high school athletes throughout our communities.

Then why is that MCPS is ignoring implementing lottery for sports teams? Equity will be good in sports too right?

Seems like an excellent idea to have more kids benefit from this experience.

Well, you never know until you try and more over, you will find a lot of hidden talents who are not given opportunity due to lack of lottery process.

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

Yup. American public schools really need to work harder at developing and maintaining an equitable spread of former high school athletes throughout our communities.

Then why is that MCPS is ignoring implementing lottery for sports teams? Equity will be good in sports too right?

Seems like an excellent idea to have more kids benefit from this experience.

Well, you never know until you try and more over, you will find a lot of hidden talents who are not given opportunity due to lack of lottery process.

Swimming might be a little tricky considering so roughly 75% haven't learned how to swim... but for those that can do 200m butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle within.... 4 minutes? Just put them on the team. At least they have shown->

A: They won't sink
B: They will finish the race

Then it will be just like the magnet admissions lottery where the accepted students have shown->

A: They won't sink
B: They will finish the race

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

Yup. American public schools really need to work harder at developing and maintaining an equitable spread of former high school athletes throughout our communities.

Then why is that MCPS is ignoring implementing lottery for sports teams? Equity will be good in sports too right?

Seems like an excellent idea to have more kids benefit from this experience.

Well, you never know until you try and more over, you will find a lot of hidden talents who are not given opportunity due to lack of lottery process.

Swimming might be a little tricky considering so roughly 75% haven't learned how to swim... but for those that can do 200m butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle within.... 4 minutes? Just put them on the team. At least they have shown->

A: They won't sink
B: They will finish the race

Then it will be just like the magnet admissions lottery where the accepted students have shown->

A: They won't sink
B: They will finish the race

Does not matter, MCPS has a lot of participation trophies that they will hand out to achieve equity

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

Yup. American public schools really need to work harder at developing and maintaining an equitable spread of former high school athletes throughout our communities.

Then why is that MCPS is ignoring implementing lottery for sports teams? Equity will be good in sports too right?

Seems like an excellent idea to have more kids benefit from this experience.

Well, you never know until you try and more over, you will find a lot of hidden talents who are not given opportunity due to lack of lottery process.

Swimming might be a little tricky considering so roughly 75% haven't learned how to swim... but for those that can do 200m butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle within.... 4 minutes? Just put them on the team. At least they have shown->

A: They won't sink
B: They will finish the race

Then it will be just like the magnet admissions lottery where the accepted students have shown->

A: They won't sink
B: They will finish the race

Does not matter, MCPS has a lot of participation trophies that they will hand out to achieve equity

If more kids ended up swimming as a result, I'd call it a success!

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Anonymous wrote:If you see the Takoma Park MS Magnet program. From the website of https://www.edufair.us/

The main beneficiaries were White students gaining the most number of seats via this lottery system - but no one seems to note that: +8.3%, followed by Black: +5.3%, and then Hispanic +2.7%. With Asian students losing: -14.1%

Was that the outcome MCPS was trying to achieve? I am not aware of the latest data.

Notably - if you want magnet schools and you live in the wrong neighbhorhood - eg, Bethesda, Potomac type locations geographically - good luck getting your kids to the magnet program - they have to spend a tremendous amount of time commuting - because well naturally that's what MCPC thinks is equitable approach for resource distribution.

Naturally - your taxes should be redistributed too- because that's only fair, reasonable and equitable for Asians/immigrants - as you have obviously had an advantaged up-bringing because you were born rich and privileged when you arrived to this country, and exploited people generationally.

Yep..this is the American dream we all signed-up for - to be discriminated against to advantage other 'minority - majorities' - but in the end result of advantaging Whites.

I didn't read all of this but I do wish everyone would stop making this *so* important. I graduated both from TPMS and Blair, a long time back. Now my own two kids are in MCPS, about to be in the "pool".
I honestly don't care if they get selected. Why? Because they will be fine if they don't get in. I would have been fine if I hadn't gotten into either school too. Because the important things that are stressed in so many Asian families were already there (hard work, respect, time management, discipline, sacrifice) and would have still been there had I gone to other schools.

And that's the truth - in my day (late 90s), most of my fellow Asian classmates' parents were docs, engineers, and researchers at NIH - it's SUCH a leg up in life to have educated parents. You cannot tell me the reason why they are all for the most part doing well in life was because of Blair and taking thermodynamics in high school. I imagine, before lottery, it was much the same. Yes, the program and teacher matter, but it most matters to the students who didn't come from homes like mine and who needed the extra encouragement and stimulation. It would be much much better for the school to just take an income based admission process honestly.

Anyway, magnets are not that important. It's the values you create as parents that's important which actually translate to everything that follows.

Great..do me a huge - solid - if your kid 'wins the lottery' the please decline...can't believe education and kids futures and the nations future is being made into a gambling game by MCPS!

Can't believe how hyperbolic everyone on this forum is.

So are you fine with MCPS not providing opportunities to equally qualified highly abled students and pick only certain students send them to magnet?

Are you two a comedy duo? Which one is the straight man? Which is the stooge?

Typical MCPS public relations tactics to call name, online bully parents and distract and divert serious conversation. Do you have answers to why MCPS is denying opportunities for highly abled students and pick only few that they like and admit them into magnet? Why is lottery process is not transparent? what is there to hide?

What about the lottery would you like to know that isn't already public?

There is a poster complaining about this regularly. I think they just want a livestream of MCPS staff pulling names out of a giant hat and reading them aloud.

The spectacle of a.hat that large would be pretty entertaining - but how about one of those things with the air tubes and numbered ping pongs?

That's what I imagined, too, when I read their posts.

How about lottery to ensure equity in sports?

Yup. American public schools really need to work harder at developing and maintaining an equitable spread of former high school athletes throughout our communities.

Then why is that MCPS is ignoring implementing lottery for sports teams? Equity will be good in sports too right?

Seems like an excellent idea to have more kids benefit from this experience.

Well, you never know until you try and more over, you will find a lot of hidden talents who are not given opportunity due to lack of lottery process.

Swimming might be a little tricky considering so roughly 75% haven't learned how to swim... but for those that can do 200m butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle within.... 4 minutes? Just put them on the team. At least they have shown->

A: They won't sink
B: They will finish the race

Then it will be just like the magnet admissions lottery where the accepted students have shown->

A: They won't sink
B: They will finish the race

Does not matter, MCPS has a lot of participation trophies that they will hand out to achieve equity

If more kids ended up swimming as a result, I'd call it a success!

Except at the Olympics when they're handing out the Gold.

You need to ask yourself whether MCPS is a global leader or just a local following.