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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what we voted for. There used to be a school just for kids with behavioral issues -- Twain. We elected the BOE members that voted to close it down. One reason was racial disparity: "While blacks make up 23 percent of the district’s student population, they make up 58 percent of the students at Mark Twain, reflective of nationwide trends labeling more black students, especially boys, with emotional and behavioral disorders."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1432305/montgomery-to-close-full-day-program-for-emotionally-troubled-middle-high-schoolers/

And we voted for Elrich and Jawando, that were key in eliminating SROs (police) from schools:
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-county-removes-school-resource-officers-kind-of

""But to the point of moving in the direction of ending the disproportionate harm that’s happening in the form of arrest for students of color, students with disabilities, this is a good step in the right direction.," said Jawando.

Well.. you get what you vote for.. [/quote]

I actually looked at that study because I was curious and I think that when you controlled for poverty rates, Black students were actually under-represented at Twain.  It wasn’t race that was driving them there, it was poverty.

We definitely need different solutions for kids that are coming from deeply disadvantaged situations.  Just moving them around different schools where they will feel increasingly alienated is not an answer.

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