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I think there is a HUGE problem on this thread with people associating diversity in the school simply with race.  The diversity that is needed is [b]socioeconomic[/b], the FARMS rate is largely comprised of black and hispanic children, but not every child of color is below the poverty line.  The financially well off hispanic diplomat's child is not going to require the same degree of resources as the immigrant ESOL below the poverty line child.

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But race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status are highly correlated in Montgomery County, as you way. Maybe somewhat less so in Bethesda, where almost everybody is affluent.
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If you look at the Westland Middle School stats.  FARMS - 12.6 percent, blacks are 10.6 percent of the student population, black FARMS are 5.3, hispanics are 15.8 of the student population and hispanic FARMS are 5.9.   I don't see that high of a correlation between race and poverty rate at Westland.  Half or a third are not a majority, looking at the feeder schools the same data holds.

I still don't see it as much of a racial issue as a socioeconomic issue, it has to be about balancing the FARMS rate, this is the population that needs the most in the way of financial resources and to be fair that burden needs to be shared by all the schools in the BCC cluster.

The schools that are closer to Mass Ave can't hide behind their affluent international students who have large amounts of disposable income and private-hire tutors and claim racial diversity.  That's a joke, and everyone knows it.

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