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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]'For instance, how does a high percentatge of hispanic students in Rockville HS affect the overall school? And then does a high number of Asian students at Wootton have the same effect or is that better (are there for instance less gangs, more studious kids or more academic competition)?"

OP..you may not have meant it but your post sounds like you have some pretty big stereotypes to work through...

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So did you look for a school that had a high percentage of Hispanics or move to SE DC just to be politically correct?  We all know EVERYONE looks at schools and gets concerned if some red flags are there.  Why does everyone have to be so tactful here. Geez! Just look at the "at a glance" at the schools. [b]It is a fact (not opinion) that schools with high Hispanics have poor test scores compared to others - which equals more help needed in class, which equals your kids gets the shaft.[/b] [/quote]

You know I just looked at "at a glance" for Potomac Elementary which is 30% Asian and 60% white and the MSA grades for All students in 3rd grade Math and reading is >= 95%

Now Forest Knolls, which is 41% Hispanic the MSA grades for All students in 3rd grade are 90.7 and 93.5, 4th grade about the same, 5th grade a little lower.  Please tell me how having high Hispanics is failing the students.  These students are doing fine and FARMs is 40% at Forest Knolls as compared to Potomac < 5%.

Where is the FACT you are talking about? 
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also: Viers Mill ES 63% Hispanic (48% resource-sucking ESOL students, 70+% FARMs) >95% MSA proficient across the board in all categories, including those dumb Hispanic kids.
Darnestown ES 5% Hispanic, 80% White could only manage 80-90% MSA proficient for white kids, the only category with enough kids to count.

Bonus: VMES average class sizes: K-16.6, Grades 1-3- 28.5, Grades 4-5-28.7.  Overall staff/student ratio: 1/8.4
DES average class sizes: K-25.5, Grades 1-3-34.8 (!), Grades 4-5-30.4.  Overall staff/student ratio: 1/14.6

So which kids are really getting the shaft?

Fact-finding PP apparently doesn't understand that ESOL/FARMs kids bring additional staff allocations (that are much more protected by staffing cuts) and additional resources which benefit all students.  There are many Title I schools that have it down.  There are many affluent schools that do not.

I would argue that the makeup of the school, both in racial categories and socio-economic status, affects the overall school climate.  We want our children to attend schools in which they will not be outsiders.  Nobody wants their child to be the only white student, or Hispanic student in the class.  But to automatically attribute "more undesirable brown students" to "bad school for white/Asian kids" is offensive, and unsupported by the actual facts.[/quote]

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