Any updates on the DOE Investigation on discrimination case for magnet middle schools MCPS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I actually hope the CO keeps track of the people filing this frivolous nonsense and reduce their eligibility for consideration going forward.

because we should punish the child for the acts of the parent.

Not the PP, but look at how many people flood this very board to talk about how their snowflake should not have to be educated alongside a kid whose parents aren't engaged, or native English speakers, or white collar professionals.

Even the discussions of magnet admissions become about which kids are "worthy" and an assumption that a child who does not have a lot of advantages somehow "stole" the spot of a child who have every advantage money can buy.

So, no, don't blame the kids for their parents litigious attitudes but also don't blame the children for the parents they were born to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually hope the CO keeps track of the people filing this frivolous nonsense and reduce their eligibility for consideration going forward.

Are you stupid, or are you a monster? Transparency is always good and for the benefit of everyone.

OP,

You were very courageous to file a complaint. On behalf of all MCPS families, thank you. Whether we know it or not, we are all affected by discrimination, if it turns out there is discrimination.

Thank you for draining off tax dollars that would be used to educate children so they can defend against a frivolous investigation

Can you elaborate? I thought the lawsuit was being conducted through the federal Office of Civil Rights? How would money from that agency be going to MCPS in the first place?

DP. MCPS is spending money to respond to the investigation (which is not a lawsuit).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually hope the CO keeps track of the people filing this frivolous nonsense and reduce their eligibility for consideration going forward.

Are you stupid, or are you a monster? Transparency is always good and for the benefit of everyone.

OP,

You were very courageous to file a complaint. On behalf of all MCPS families, thank you. Whether we know it or not, we are all affected by discrimination, if it turns out there is discrimination.

This MCPS parent is not saying thank you.

Well, this MCPS is saying thank you! The lawsuit is NOT going to benefit parents of any current 5th graders. The parents are fighting to get increased enrichment for ALL deserving students. And they are fighting for transparency.

Transparency in MCPS policies will benefit EVERYONE.

It's not a lawsuit. And transparency =/= telling you everything you might want to know.

[Anonymous]

Why is there one or more posters who support MCPS's very murky selection criteria?

Do they somehow believe that their children wil benefit from it?

And, not to put too fine a point on it, are they prejudiced against Asians?

Keep it up and I'm going to believe that everyone who pipes up against the investigation is racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is there one or more posters who support MCPS's very murky selection criteria?

Do they somehow believe that their children wil benefit from it?

And, not to put too fine a point on it, are they prejudiced against Asians?

Keep it up and I'm going to believe that everyone who pipes up against the investigation is racist.

The selection criteria for magnet admissions are clearly laid out by MCPS and not even slightly murky.

The real issue is with changes like universal screening there are now five times as many applicants as in the past and it's much harder to game the system now.

[Anonymous]

The Office of Civil Rights doesn't investigate every complaint they receive. The fact that their investgation is expanding is not a good sign for MCPS.

[Anonymous]

I don’t support the lawsuit, but I wouldn’t support any retaliation either. Families who can afford outside enrichment but feel disadvantaged at getting more because they chose to live in ethnically and financially homogenous neighborhoods notorious for prepping aren’t getting my sympathy. However, the kids are innocent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Office of Civil Rights doesn't investigate every complaint they receive. The fact that their investgation is expanding is not a good sign for MCPS.

Yup. There are some complaints Betsy DeVos's Department of Education is interested in investigating, and other complaints it's not interested in investigating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually hope the CO keeps track of the people filing this frivolous nonsense and reduce their eligibility for consideration going forward.

because we should punish the child for the acts of the parent.

Not the PP, but look at how many people flood this very board to talk about how their snowflake should not have to be educated alongside a kid whose parents aren't engaged, or native English speakers, or white collar professionals.

Even the discussions of magnet admissions become about which kids are "worthy" and an assumption that a child who does not have a lot of advantages somehow "stole" the spot of a child who have every advantage money can buy.

So, no, don't blame the kids for their parents litigious attitudes but also don't blame the children for the parents they were born to.

The only thing I have read on here about which child is "worthy" is based on test scores and grades, irrespective of parental income. No one says, "Only children of rich parents who can afford tutors should be allowed in". There are parents who aren't that well off but will scrape money together to send their kids to after school tutoring; spend a lot of time at libraries, and what not. If they score well enough, they get in.

Life is unfair. I grew up poor, with uneducated parents from a different country and who couldn't speak English. That doesn't mean that I should have had the bar lowered for me. Although, it would've been great if they had lowered the high bar for me in PE because, as a short person, I could never get over the darn thing. The taller kids from other poor families could get over the hurdle, though. I tell my short kids the same thing.. life is unfair. Some people have to work harder than others in some things, while in other things, other people have to work harder than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually hope the CO keeps track of the people filing this frivolous nonsense and reduce their eligibility for consideration going forward.

because we should punish the child for the acts of the parent.

Why not? In the past the kids got in because their parents taught them the answers to the test, so we were rewarding them for the acts of the parents.

The kids learned stuff and answered math and reading questions correctly. How terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there one or more posters who support MCPS's very murky selection criteria?

Do they somehow believe that their children wil benefit from it?

And, not to put too fine a point on it, are they prejudiced against Asians?

Keep it up and I'm going to believe that everyone who pipes up against the investigation is racist.

The selection criteria for magnet admissions are clearly laid out by MCPS and not even slightly murky.

The real issue is with changes like universal screening there are now five times as many applicants as in the past and it's much harder to game the system now.

Yeah, MCPS has full discretion. Full stop.

This DCUM MCPS troll here posting 50 times an hour really needs to go take k-12over again at a school district that doesn’t brainwash her so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there one or more posters who support MCPS's very murky selection criteria?

Do they somehow believe that their children wil benefit from it?

And, not to put too fine a point on it, are they prejudiced against Asians?

Keep it up and I'm going to believe that everyone who pipes up against the investigation is racist.

The selection criteria for magnet admissions are clearly laid out by MCPS and not even slightly murky.

The real issue is with changes like universal screening there are now five times as many applicants as in the past and it's much harder to game the system now.

Yeah, MCPS has full discretion. Full stop.

This DCUM MCPS troll here posting 50 times an hour really needs to go take k-12over again at a school district that doesn’t brainwash her so much.

But they can't be discriminatory, which is what the investigation is about.

The real issue is not universal screening. The real issue is the "peer cohort" criteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is there one or more posters who support MCPS's very murky selection criteria?

Do they somehow believe that their children wil benefit from it?

And, not to put too fine a point on it, are they prejudiced against Asians?

Keep it up and I'm going to believe that everyone who pipes up against the investigation is racist.

One of the leader’s children is only 1/2 Asian. His parents registered him as Ssian and not multiracial. It would be interesting to see if that would have made a difference in his admission.

[Anonymous]

I agree, MCPS now has full discretion to take anyone they want over a low bar. SJW-style.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Office of Civil Rights doesn't investigate every complaint they receive. The fact that their investgation is expanding is not a good sign for MCPS.

It's because this nonsense plays to Trump's base. Any sane administration wouldn't bother with this.