NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts

[Anonymous]

I think it's 112.8 million total for programs like childfind, headstart, etc. and an additional 42 million for the national lunch program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is this in the MCPS forum?

Not OP but this is relevant given Trump's directive from the Education department to schools, to eliminate DEI or they will lose funding. This could impact MCPS if they decide to take a stand.

I am surprised MCPS hasn't addressed this in an e-mail yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is this in the MCPS forum?

Not OP but this is relevant given Trump's directive from the Education department to schools, to eliminate DEI or they will lose funding. This could impact MCPS if they decide to take a stand.

I am surprised MCPS hasn't addressed this in an e-mail yet.

Probably waiting for guidance from the state.

[Anonymous]

When did the 14 day clock start?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or cut the DEI positions (per the order) and don’t lose all of those federally- funded programs.

If only it was that simple. It seems like it's much broader than just cutting the whole equity office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When did the 14 day clock start?

Based on this,
https://apnews.com/article/dei-critical-race-...1558dd5a396cf5ab3d42
It seems that the clocked started on Friday, 2/14, so the deadline would be 2/28.

[Anonymous]

Would this also mean the central office equity and inclusion department would also be done? Did they make the budget cuts?

[Anonymous]

It's surprising all the different things different school districts are removing or talking about removing

[Anonymous]

They even mentioned that it would cover getting rid of testing or modifying selection processes for competitive admissions in order to ensure a better racial balance. They were talking mostly about colleges but would magnets apply?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know if that department in central office was cut? That’s a decent number of CO positions. Was that already cut in the initial CO cuts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if that department in central office was cut? That’s a decent number of CO positions. Was that already cut in the initial CO cuts?

Idk but that would not make up for 112 million.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's surprising all the different things different school districts are removing or talking about removing

It’s because the schools offer all these frills & extraneous stuff but many kids are not learning the basics. It’s like a beautiful car that has a great sound system, heated seats, & enormous cargo capacity, but doesn’t reliably get you to work.

Every other president complained about the performance of public schools, but did little to improve things.