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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The other bizarre thing about all this is that the advocates seem to be white people living in lower performing schools and AA MCPS administrators and BOE members. The opposition is white people in high performing schools and asians. The hispanics who make up the largest demographic group in the system are no where to be seen or heard in any of these discussions. If you look at the county demographics, the hispanic residents are overwhelming younger and have more kids while the majority of white and AA residents are aging out of child bearing years so MCPS in the next 5-10 years is likely to reach 60% hispanic. Someone should ask the hispanic community what they want since they will be the primary population in the future.

Very interesting observation about the Hispanic representation at the meetings. I realize that the main issue is language barrier (which is also the issue in the classroom I am sure), however, surely there are fluent Hispanic families who would want to make a statement. Perhaps they don't care, or don't even realize what's happening.

This is a good observation. I’m Hispanic and I absolutely cannot speak for everybody but there’s a whole lot more than a language barrier. It’s a transportation issue, it is A time issue, it is a fear of going to a public meeting and speaking out (for or against), A general feeling of your voice doesn’t matter so why are you gonna bother speaking up? I also don’t believe this has been reported in the Latin news as much as it has been in American English speaking news outlets. However, I don’t watch so maybe somebody who does can fill me in.[/quote]

The Hispanic community is not well received within MCPS because they often do not align with what MCPS thinks is best. The community members who do speak up were actually outspoken against 2.0 which really bothered MCPS staffers. They could dismiss white or asian parents as being whiny and rich but when the hispanic parents were complaining it just made MCPS look bad. The hispanic community has tended to be the most community focused wanting more resources, programs and support for their neighborhood schools with little interest or desire to get sent to what MCPS perceives is a better school. Their message is more why don't you fix my school not how can I get bussed to Whitman.

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