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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The benefit of being in-pool is that you can be lazy and not have to submit a package for your child.

In addition, if your child doesn't get in, you can be indignant and complain about [b]DEI[/b] efforts that are watering down what should be a qualification based approach, and start the 1000th fight here on DCUM over again.

On a positive, I guess it does give an opportunity for a lot of "new" info for the appeal at least.[/quote]

FCPS is about 40% white.
A disproportionate number of non-pool kids that get into AAP are white.
The number of white parental referrals for their non-pool kids is as much as the rest of the county combined.
The number of school designated AAP students are also disproportionately white.
White students are slightly less likely to make it out of pool than other groups (particularly URM groups)
White students are disproportionately more likely to appeal whether they make it into pool or not.

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I'm sure this is true county-wide, but my white child is by far the minority in his AAP program and is the only white child in the classroom.  DC is now showing interest in Cricket, so starting to research finding youth leagues for that!

However on your statistics above, 40% white (the highest %) and "The number of white parental referrals for their non-pool kids is as much as the rest of the county combined." doesn't sound unreasonable.  That's barely skewed at all...

Your bottom 2 stats also go hand-in-hand...  If they're less likely to make it into AAP after being in-pool, they should be the most likely to appeal.

Not sure what you're trying to represent with those stats, but it's coming off to me as "whites aren't being equally treated and minorities (under-represented or otherwise) are given an advantage/priority"

I don't necessarily think that's true, but those statements/statistics can be interpreted different ways.

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