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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At my DC's school, all the young scholars are primarily Hispanic and low income. They identify children that appear to have budding critical thinking skills, but don't have the home support to encourage that level of thinking. [/quote]

OP here. Does that mean that they won't pick any white or Asian kids for the young scholars program? Or just a few Asian or white kids will get picked?[/quote]

Since only Hispanics and black kids will receive this special benefit, maybe you could tell the school it would be a racial discrimination to not include your child? Public school programs should be open to all willing participants without regard to race, gender etc.[/quote]

OP here. This is bothering me greatly that there will be racial discrimination against my child. I originally asked this question expecting parents to say that the child needed to test at 95th percentile on a test, show critical thinking skills in the top 20% of a class or a teacher picks X number of children based on X categories.[/quote]

The program is meant for kids who do not have many of the advantages some other families have. If you feel that your family is disadvantaged, maybe you could have a talk with your child's school principal and explain why you cannot provide certain educational experiences for your child. They might be able to work with you.
If you do have the ability to provide educational advantages for your child, it might be better to do that and allow those that are not so fortunate to fill the spaces in the program.

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