The most segregated schools in Maryland are in .... Howard County

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop using segregation. Segregation implies state sponsored forced separation. People are free to live the lives they want and as such have control, based on their life choices where to work, live, and educate their family.

That is a good suggestion, to the blogger cited in the OP.

Unfortunately people will ignore this. Using languages like this can stir up controversy and that is what politicians want.

[Anonymous]

Another post from the same blog shows HoCo school performance is strong despite the segregation by income. One might as well attend one of the integrated schools in HoCo as opposed to the wealthy schools.

[Anonymous]

So this is just some random guy's blog. Its not an article from a legitimate news source. Nice try MCPS!

[Anonymous]

If the county government is drawing district lines and approving housing developments in certain districts, it is "county" sponsored segregation. It isn't people just deciding to live in certain places or attend certain schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop using segregation. Segregation implies state sponsored forced separation. People are free to live the lives they want and as such have control, based on their life choices where to work, live, and educate their family.

That is a good suggestion, to the blogger cited in the OP.

Unfortunately people will ignore this. Using languages like this can stir up controversy and that is what politicians want.

This

[Anonymous]

I'm not really surprised. The kind of people who always complain about MCPS also love HOCO and by proxy segregation.

[Anonymous]

TBH, redistricting schools based on real estate price to keep poor people together, middle class together, and wealthy together almost sounds illegal. If some unbuilt area is zoned for a school and some cheap housing is built there then they rezone people out based on being poor, you can’t come to this school, we don’t want your kind, I think they’ll be in for lawsuits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TBH, redistricting schools based on real estate price to keep poor people together, middle class together, and wealthy together almost sounds illegal. If some unbuilt area is zoned for a school and some cheap housing is built there then they rezone people out based on being poor, you can’t come to this school, we don’t want your kind, I think they’ll be in for lawsuits.

How about the opposite? Redistricting schools to increase diversity, to make schools less "segregated"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the county government is drawing district lines and approving housing developments in certain districts, it is "county" sponsored segregation. It isn't people just deciding to live in certain places or attend certain schools.

This. It's why there is busing in the South, typically based on FARMs data. And why schools in the South are redistricted often, if they care about economic/racial balance. And why there don't tend to be to many "neighborhood" schools; "neighborhood" schools usually led to imbalance as housing prices shift higher in higher performing areas and lower in lower performing areas. Balancing that is a ship that has sailed in MoCo and maybe even Howard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TBH, redistricting schools based on real estate price to keep poor people together, middle class together, and wealthy together almost sounds illegal. If some unbuilt area is zoned for a school and some cheap housing is built there then they rezone people out based on being poor, you can’t come to this school, we don’t want your kind, I think they’ll be in for lawsuits.

How about the opposite? Redistricting schools to increase diversity, to make schools less "segregated"?

So an area is districted for a school. That area is “too poor” to attend the school so it’s redistricted to a different school with more poor people. Now we take that same area and redistricting it back to the original school and you are asking if that sounds illegal? Not really, no. Or are you trying to change the subject and talk about MoCo in a thread about HoCo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TBH, redistricting schools based on real estate price to keep poor people together, middle class together, and wealthy together almost sounds illegal. If some unbuilt area is zoned for a school and some cheap housing is built there then they rezone people out based on being poor, you can’t come to this school, we don’t want your kind, I think they’ll be in for lawsuits.

How about the opposite? Redistricting schools to increase diversity, to make schools less "segregated"?

So an area is districted for a school. That area is “too poor” to attend the school so it’s redistricted to a different school with more poor people. Now we take that same area and redistricting it back to the original school and you are asking if that sounds illegal? Not really, no. Or are you trying to change the subject and talk about MoCo in a thread about HoCo?

I thought that the school district is Howard County Public Schools. Does it not work that way in Howard County?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TBH, redistricting schools based on real estate price to keep poor people together, middle class together, and wealthy together almost sounds illegal. If some unbuilt area is zoned for a school and some cheap housing is built there then they rezone people out based on being poor, you can’t come to this school, we don’t want your kind, I think they’ll be in for lawsuits.

How about the opposite? Redistricting schools to increase diversity, to make schools less "segregated"?

So an area is districted for a school. That area is “too poor” to attend the school so it’s redistricted to a different school with more poor people. Now we take that same area and redistricting it back to the original school and you are asking if that sounds illegal? Not really, no. Or are you trying to change the subject and talk about MoCo in a thread about HoCo?

As for the "redistricting it back" practice you mentioned, I do not see anything significantly wrong with that.

I am talking about things in general. Surely if a principle is correct, it should work everywhere, no matter which county.
Yes, if you really want an answer, I was referring to MoCo. But we don't have to talk about details in MoCo if you think that is a distraction to the topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not really surprised. The kind of people who always complain about MCPS also love HOCO and by proxy segregation.

I mean, it's fine to love Howard County. But for the people who complain on the DCUM MD Public Schools about MCPS and love HCPS, the segregation in HCPS seems to be a feature, not a bug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not really surprised. The kind of people who always complain about MCPS also love HOCO and by proxy segregation.

I mean, it's fine to love Howard County. But for the people who complain on the DCUM MD Public Schools about MCPS and love HCPS, the segregation in HCPS seems to be a feature, not a bug.

Probably. I guess after this article more of these people will be moving to HoCo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not really surprised. The kind of people who always complain about MCPS also love HOCO and by proxy segregation.

I mean, it's fine to love Howard County. But for the people who complain on the DCUM MD Public Schools about MCPS and love HCPS, the segregation in HCPS seems to be a feature, not a bug.

Probably. I guess after this article more of these people will be moving to HoCo.

Hey, the article also shows many places where you can move to.

Will you, or prefer to just say BS on DCUM?