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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The hilarious thing here... a law firm was retained, attorneys announced… where’s the lawsuit? Were there any laws broken? Is there a case?? Or is it that the money isn’t there to pay for the attorney fees?[/quote]

It would probably take a few hundred thousand to fight it and they probably raised what $20-30K at most.[/quote]

O how wrong you are [/quote]

Please share with us then.  Want to sue, please do it.  Great entertainment for us.  Maybe you will win.  Think about all that money on attorney's that could be used for new things for the new school. [/quote]

Their own announcement last night said that they were retaining the firm to "explore all available legal options to challenge the implementation of 'Modified Option H.'" They haven't filed yet because they haven't found something viable. I seriously hope parents are thinking twice before giving them money - especially since, in my experience, they're not willing to share the grounds for their action but VERY ready to share there will not be any refunds. [/quote]

Now that Montoya exposed herself as a bigot and it is on video, even blind layers will find something viable.

I have one question, though. Since Taylor insisted that all three votes are 'intrinsically related does invalidating Crown vote, invalidates all three? [/quote]

1) Montoya’s point was that there isn’t currently enough to programming to ensure that Black and Brown kids get served - hence the need for the regional programming model - not that Asian and White kids should somehow be disqualified. 
1) When she suggested a vote against the resolution was racist, she was talking about the regional program, not the boundary study so…I guess you better hope so?

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If the regional programs will screen for minimum performance, like grades or test percentages, her B&B students aren't, for the most part, going to make the cut. The proficiency rates for those groups are abysmal (see MSDE data). Before Rita dissed other groups for being in magnets, she should have looked at the MSDE data herself.

But of course, she'd rather cherrypick her data and then grandstand about how wonderful she is and how horrible everyone else is. I suppose it's a typical lawyer response.

And then there is the concern that the new regional programs won't screen for anything worthwhile, so then MCPS can say they increased access for B&B students, meanwhile ignoring outputs/performance. But here we are.[/quote]

Yeah I really found the discourse about how they are bravely standing up for equity to be pretty freaking rich. They are doing nothing brave. In order to have equity, you need to spend more on students with higher needs. At the high school level MCPS does not do this at all. The Black and Brown Coalition probably felt ok about supporting the proposal because it simply doesn't affect the kids they advocate for. It is irrelevant to them. It is not a priority issue. Why not placate the people that give them funding.[/quote]

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