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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The magnet programs have become segregated populations within a school.  Why not end them altogether and spread the challenging course work across all schools in the county?

The magnet programs have failed in their main goal which was to balance out racial populations in the system.  MCPS should go back to the drawing board to revisit this issue but open up more academic options to all students.  Restructuring school boundaries and busing options into the more elite schools should be on the table.[/quote]

Wait, if the magnets are primarily white and Asian, and the magnets are housed at Takoma and Blair and Eastern, which are otherwise majority minority, then how have they failed to balance out racial populations in the system? They have made wealthy west-county families compete to go to school in Silver Spring.

I think you're talking about the achievement gap. Magnets were absolutely not created to solve the achievement gap.[/quote]

I don't know why the original motivation for placement of magnet schools was so thoroughly rehashed in the report or why it's being re-argued here, this is thinking from thirty years ago.  The entire concept that magnets be placed in low SES schools to improve diversity is antiquated and a catch-22, especially in light of the concern with achievement gap.  If the belief is that achievement should be race-blind, then it makes no sense to leverage the fact that mostly whites/asians pursue magnets to integrate schools.  If pursuit and acceptance into magnets were to mirror the racial diversity of the county it would make no sense to place magnets in the most racially diverse schools.  The magnet programs have clearly developed beyond whatever ulterior motives there were in their creation and the discussion of their future really needs a different focus.[/quote]

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