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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's simple.

If MCPS is honest, open and transparent, they publish the data like any taxpayer expects their State Government employees to do.  Anything less is unacceptable.

The comment about a question that a government official should be happy to provide is [quote] just looking to stir up controversy and resentment[/quote] or getting a defensive reaction when asking a simple question over a [quote]freaking lottery[/quote], shows just how sensitized some posters are to MCPS complaints (most likely upper management and the board).

I'm an older person and one bit of Wisdom I'm certain of.  When your intentions are pure, your heart is with the children, and you're honest in deed and word; you really don't fear or care about what others say.  It's mainly when you know you've done wrong, or lied, or did things for your career versus the innocent; that you get defensive.

If the lottery is perfect, why doesn't MCPS release how it is performed, by whom, etc.?  Only if they were not truthful regarding the method, would it be problematic.  Otherwise, there's nothing to fear.  All these years MCPS has never learned that Honesty is the Best Policy.[/quote]

They did when they told you it was a lottery. The pick names for a pool and pick X names at random. It isn't complicated. You're just trying to make it into some nefarious conspiracy even though there's nothing to this.[/quote]

Ok so if you know for sure how this works, how do they take into consideration students who receive “student services” which they define as FARMS, ESOL, 504s, etc.?  They say it is one of the data points that is considered, separate from local norming. Do these students get into the lottery pool at a different threshold? Do they get a weighted entry into the lottery? Do they only lottery against each other and have a quota of seats? Explain how these students are handled in the so-called straight up, straightforward lottery. [/quote]

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