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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Correct..but a PP stated that the make up for the HGC should mirror the county make up so that advocates changing that.[/quote]

No, I don't see any PPs advocating that the county should admit people to the HGC based on race.[/quote]

Advocating a certain percentage for each group would be admitting based on race since the different groups (on average) score very differently on these types of tests.[/quote]

Yes, it would be. Nobody said that, though.[/quote]

Read the previous posts; someone explicitly called for the magnet demographics to mirror the demographics of MCPS at large.[/quote]

No. Somebody said, "Minorities need more help than whites/Asians. HCG should reflect general population of MCPS - 30% white, 30 Asian, 30 AA, and 10% Hispanics. "

And, in fact, I agree with the PP that the HGCs should reflect the general population of MCPS (which was actually 32% white, 27% Hispanic, 21% black/African-American, and 14% Asian, last year). There are lots of ways to try to reach that goal. Why do you assume that the only way to reach that goal is admitting based on race?[/quote]

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