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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i]In her memorandum dismissing the lawsuit, Xinis wrote: “… the Court cannot see how the Pandemic Plan visited a disproportionate burden on Asian American students when the percentage of admitted Asian American students so substantially outpaces the percentage representation among all applicants.”[/i][/quote]

So does this mean MCPS admitted more asians into the program compared to the percentage of asians applied? So it is fair and ok to not admit other equally qualified asian students? May be this is posted out of context?

Doesn't MCPS have a responsibility to meet the academic needs of ALL students? [/quote]

The judge decided that there is no evidence that the non-COGAT lottery structure, which MCPS now says will be in place for the foreseeable future, has a disparate impact on Asian Americans because Asian American students are still being admitted to middle school magnets at a rate higher than their representation among the population of the County.[/quote]

So Judge did not decide whether MCPS is providing equal opportunities for all students. 
But rather If they provide opportunities 10 students and the ratio meets the population demographic ratio, then that is legally fine? What about all the students who are equally qualified but left out due to lottery system? 
Just trying to understand the rationale[/quote]

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