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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a big problem that the affluent high SES kids march off to the AP and honors classes while the low income students are separated into basic classes. The affluent parents claiming that they just want their kids with the right "academic" cohort are making the EXACT same argument that parents who move into high scoring schools are making. I don't think either group is intentionally racist but they are exactly the same except the first set is hypocritical about it.

Socially, the UMC and poor students don't mix and the UMC parents are generally relieved by this.  The UMC parents in schools with more FARMS kids absolutely push to make sure that their kids don't end up with the wrong mix. UMC parents will push for differentiation as early as they can and pressure the schools as much as they can to divert resources back to their kids. In a school with higher FARMS, the poor kids needs the resources much more than the wealthy parents but they have a quieter voice.

UMC kids get 504s and IEPs when they have learning disabilities and most of these kids still get into AP and honors classes. URM students are just seen as bad students and barely pass. I know that without a 504 my DS would have been a D/F student rather than a A/B student. I had the resources to get outside testing and stay on top of MCPS. A poor family does not have those resources. Poverty and limited prenatal care are significant drivers for pre-term birth which increases the likelihood of learning disabilities. Learning disabilities do not mean low IQ but a child needs to be diagnosed and given the appropriate accommodations to succeed. If MCPS would stop fighting making accommodations for kids with learning disabilities, you would see many more low income students rise up into AP and honors classes .It wouldn't solve the entire problem but it would even the playing field a little more. [/quote]
So again.. how do you suppose MCPS can force parents to test their children for LD, assuming that it's free?  How do you force parents to make their kids take AP classes?

I don't live in a w cluster. I grew up low income, and I took AP classes. My parents didn't force me to take those close.  They didn't know how to speak English and worked low wage jobs.   I was also a premie.

In MD, low income people qualify for low cost healthcare.  Mcps has many issues, but the one thing they are trying really hard to do is reach out to non English speaking parents and low income parents.  They are trying everything they can to level the playing field a lot more -- see magnet "peer cohort" admission change.

At some point, low income parents and/or students have to take the initiative. MCPS can only do so much.[/quote]

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