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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]MCPS uses geographic location as a proxy for race and exercises racial modeling. Basically too many Asians were taking up spots in the magnets. MCPS has been clear that to them this is a problem. In the 90s, they lost court cases when they tried to use race as a criteria to balance racial demographics for transfer requests  (per the Metis report). MCPS is now trying to use geographic location and  "cohort" to achieve racial modeling. [/b]

If you live in a area with a large asian population/high performing then its very unlikely that your kids will get in. Your kid can get a 99% and be rejected while a kid (even a white kid) in a low performing school can get a 96% and get in. Your kids will get to take a class with an enriched label but it isn't the same curriculum as the magnet and not much different than the courses in the home school before. Welcome to MCPS![/quote]

That's illegal. You should sue.

By the way, what happened to the lawsuit I kept reading about on DCUM last spring, that MCPS was certain to lose?[/quote]

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