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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The divide in MoCo is racial and economic - not surprisingly. Rich whites don’t want to be around poor and middle class people, many of whom are POC. Period. I live in Silver Spring and many of my white neighbors move out of this area for Bethesda and Potomac and Kensington and wealthier parts of Olney so they can avoid poor people. They wouldn’t put it like that but the code is “better schools” and “better peers”. [/quote]

Don't worry. If current trends continue, there will only be about 5% of white students in MCPS in a short amount of time and segregation will no longer be an issue.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/january-february-2020/figuratively-speaking-12/

Here’s a look at how MCPS and its student population have changed from the 1998-99 school year to the 2018-19 school year, by the numbers:

206 – Number of schools (an increase of 23)

162,680 – Total enrollment (a jump of 34,828 students)

31.1 – Percentage of students who are Hispanic/Latino (up from 13.9%)

27.7 – Percentage of students who are white (down from 51.9%)

21.6 – Percentage of black or African American students (up from 21%)

14.3 – Percentage of Asian students (up from 12.8%)

33.3 – Percentage of students participating in free and reduced-price meals (up from 22.5%)

I really wish people would focus their energy on the quality of education of school system and less on demographics. Especially with the numerous issues of the 21st century and the rapidly changing global economy that our children will soon be facing. [/quote]

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