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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because of the way they did that. They could have easily, with the same amount of money or less, increased the number of seats at the main centers.

[b]Instead, they purposely chose to do pilot programs at schools that do not reflect the demographics of MCPS and where URMs are overrepresented.[/b] But this wasn't enough. They also had to change the admissions criteria so the test isn't the same as what was given to the rest of the students in the county in the past. But this wasn't enough either. So they had to add other criteria for selection beyond the tests and made them pretty vague.

At some point after trying to pull this lever and that lever they found a formula that would result in a higher percentage of URMs admitted and enrolled.

Don't kid yourself about what's going on. IMO I think the county should take more of its money and put it into after school, tutoring and enrichment programs for all FARMS children and those at Title I schools. I would even be for reducing the seats at the HGCs (because really how many of the kids actually NEED the program) if the money could be used instead to target those children who are disadvantaged from a socieoeconomic standpoint but show high intellectual ability or motivation. [/quote]

Rachel Carson ES and Matsunaga ES, for example.[/quote]

You do realize that those schools do not have a high FARMS population and are not Title I schools right? They purpose chose schools that are more middle-class but have a high percentage of URMs. They are only 10-20% FARMS. [/quote]

Rachel Carson does not have a high percentage of black, Hispanic, and poor students. Neither does Matsunaga. Find a different explanation, because this one doesn't fit the data.[/quote]

They have a high percentage of[b] high performing[/b] URMs. [/quote]

Lets also cut off Special Education completely.  It is only a handful of students who need all that resources.   How many Special Ed students actually NEED the program?  Most are students who are physically fit but are not very good in studies.  The truth is not everyone is geared towards being academically smart, and that is ok.

Give money to students who are academically smart but are unable to get resources due to poverty. They can be from any race.

High percentage of high performing URMs are children of educated Africans who have good jobs or children of educated immigrant parents from Cuba and Argentina.  They do not represent the children of poorest and ill-educated AA and HI parents.  
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