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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well over half are either in ESOL or are Hispanic https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/montgomery-co-public-schools-have-a-dropout-problem-heres-why/[/quote]

Well I guest the response to this topic says it: who cares?

I am not being sarcastic. I truly believe that if these students and/or their families do not care, others should not (yes, SHOULD not - or at least PUBLIC RESOURCES should not be used to deal with this).[/quote]

They care, but often they are facing very immediate economic needs that can’t wait two to three years to address. A third income earner can make the difference between rent or eviction, vegetables and fruit or malnutrition. This was not an unusual pattern in white immigrant families two generations ago. My XH’s grandmother left school at 15 to work FT in a store. Her sacrifice made it possible for the family to survive and her younger siblings to graduate HS. T[/quote]when I was in mcps I went to school with very poor immigrants from South Asia . They managed to not only bot drop out they  also got into Ivy League colleges [/quote]

South Asian immigrants in MoCo are seldom living 15-20 people in a three bedroom house and worrying if they will be detained by ICE despite having papers. I’ve taught both populations. Generally the poor South Asians have college educated parents who can help them academically. They also are not usually fleeing violence in the homeland and dealing with PTSD. Lastly, white teachers typically welcome the South Asian students. All of this matters. Some Latinx students don’t drop out so much as they are pushed out.[/quote]the cost of living has gone way up. Why does the county encourage people to come here illegally to live in those conditions?[/quote]

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