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[b]That’s funny because Blair was mostly white and all middle class a short generation ago[/b], doesn’t appear to be a stable trend line to but maybe that trend is your stable.[/quote]

The Blair science magnet was a response to potential lawsuits to desegregate Blair. The idea was that a math/science magnet program would lead parents to send their children to a school (i.e., Blair) outside the mostly white areas. That was in 1985. 1985 is 34 years ago.

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/03/education/in-a-minority-district-in-maryland-a-magnet-school-that-reall-draws.html

In 1982, Blair had 59% non-white students and the largest black student body among the county's high schools.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/03/04/montgomerys-magnet-schools/93b22714-2ca0-471b-a658-b9c7cc9a0ae9/?utm_term=.809e638c2a47

So the past you're referring to ended no later than the 1970s, if not the 1960s.

For which organism is 40-50 years a short generation? Not humans, certainly.

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Yes, history is fun. I didn't realize Georgetown was a blue-collar industrial area once upon a time either. Nevertheless, according to MCPS Blair's farms rate has been stable for the past 10 eyars so you failed to make your argument. [/quote]

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