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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, Haycock is 73% white, 20% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black/non-Hispanic.

Langley HS, 77% White, 18% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black

Neither is exactly a bastion of minority representation.  I am not saying that is bad, just that the schools are working with a very different student composition than many of the other more middle class schools.

Regading the Asian thing, I am actually Asian, and yes, technically we are a minority race in this country.  However, we are not an at risk group when it comes to academics.  In fact, when applying for university, the Asian applicants must score much higher grades and SATs then their non Asian peers. That is a fact, especially in places like California, or the ivies.  Ask your Asian friends for annecdotal tales or just google it.  I can't post links from my phone.  Asians just are not the same at risk population as other minorities or ESL students, so comapring their test scores to those other groups is like apples to oranges.  They test higher than whites as a group. That is why I lumped them together with whites, not as a "minority".

And even if you put the Asian students with the Black and Hispanic groups, 72-77% white is not a diverse student base for this area.[/quote]

Not sure where you get your statistics.  These are the latest ones I've seen, and they have Haycock at @60% white.

http://www.fcps.edu/it/studentreporting/documents/EthnicRpt11.pdf

Some Asian students are more at risk than others.  
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