MoCo is diverse, for sure, but MCPS schools are not

[Anonymous]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/03/mapping-the-counties-where-public-school-children-still-remain-segregated/?tid=HP_national

It is disturbing to see just how segregated our school system is. IMO it is all about housing. We have segregated housing, and therefore segregated schools.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the school, but there are some incredibly diverse schools in Montgomery County. That is one of the things I like most about my kid's schools.

[Anonymous]

Interesting. Here are the moco stats:

Per the map 90% of black and Latino kids are in majority non-white schools while being 21% and 26% respectively of the county's kids overall.
47% of white kids are in majority white schools despite making up 34% of the county.

With whites being only 34% of the county it's interesting that a school that fit the county averages would be strongly non-white which probably helps some to account for the VERY high numbers of black & latino kids in non-white majority schools.

While housing policy could help with this challenge, it's not automatically the case that that is the only solution. Busing could be used - although of course it's politically challenging to consider. Also deciding to create a "down county consortium" that excludes the SW portion of "down county" is pretty funny. That was a school line decision made - not simply a natural housing policy consequence.

Changes in housing policy could do something about this but aren't the only way to address the segregation.

[Anonymous]

Whatever, the white kids are disappearing from MCPS and soon this type of analysis will be completely irrelevant. Even now, it's not remotely realistic to think about spreading them out more broadly to make some urban policy twits happy.

[Anonymous]

and why did you buy your house where you did?

what are the real reasons? you had money to spend, you wanted a good school district, you wanted low crime so far so good?

or did you want bad schhools, high crime and you thoguht it would be good to raise kids around such factors?

[Anonymous]

Does diverse = black and Hispanic? What about schools that have a variety of students from the Middle East, Africa, or Europe? Are those schools considered diverse even if they are majority Caucasian? I interpret "diverse" to mean a wide spectrum of ethnicity and cultures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:and why did you buy your house where you did?

what are the real reasons? you had money to spend, you wanted a good school district, you wanted low crime so far so good?

or did you want bad schhools, high crime and you thoguht it would be good to raise kids around such factors?

if you are trying to make a point -- just come out with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does diverse = black and Hispanic? What about schools that have a variety of students from the Middle East, Africa, or Europe? Are those schools considered diverse even if they are majority Caucasian? I interpret "diverse" to mean a wide spectrum of ethnicity and cultures.

The maps in the article show white in majority-white, black in majority non-white, and Latino in majority non-white. I recommend reading the article.

[Anonymous]

But a school can be "majority non-white" and still be very diverse. I think this describes a lot of MoCo schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and why did you buy your house where you did?

what are the real reasons? you had money to spend, you wanted a good school district, you wanted low crime so far so good?

or did you want bad schhools, high crime and you thoguht it would be good to raise kids around such factors?

if you are trying to make a point -- just come out with it.

trying to? it is a point that is very obvious. poeple want to be in good arease when they can afford it, it will never go away, it will always be the differnece. simple as that. look at a school in WV, one in Charleston vs one in morgantown, you can't compare the two because one area is better then the other simple as that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But a school can be "majority non-white" and still be very diverse. I think this describes a lot of MoCo schools.

Did you read the article?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting. Here are the moco stats:

Per the map 90% of black and Latino kids are in majority non-white schools while being 21% and 26% respectively of the county's kids overall.
47% of white kids are in majority white schools despite making up 34% of the county.

With whites being only 34% of the county it's interesting that a school that fit the county averages would be strongly non-white which probably helps some to account for the VERY high numbers of black & latino kids in non-white majority schools.

While housing policy could help with this challenge, it's not automatically the case that that is the only solution. Busing could be used - although of course it's politically challenging to consider. Also deciding to create a "down county consortium" that excludes the SW portion of "down county" is pretty funny. That was a school line decision made - not simply a natural housing policy consequence.

Changes in housing policy could do something about this but aren't the only way to address the segregation.

OP here. I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:and why did you buy your house where you did?

what are the real reasons? you had money to spend, you wanted a good school district, you wanted low crime so far so good?

or did you want bad schhools, high crime and you thoguht it would be good to raise kids around such factors?

Of course. How else would I teach my kid to rob clueless, Tods-wearing suckers like you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But a school can be "majority non-white" and still be very diverse. I think this describes a lot of MoCo schools.

Actually, the article says otherwise. Did you read it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But a school can be "majority non-white" and still be very diverse. I think this describes a lot of MoCo schools.

Did you read the article?

Not PP you are quoting, but yes, I did rad the article. DD's school follows the county percentages of black, white and hispanic almost exactly. I consider it to be a diverse school. No single race is in the majority, and there are students from many different countries.