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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the real issue is the DCC has masked all the east county neighborhoods zoned to bellow avg schools that when perspective buyers look at the zoned schools young parents think they can pick a better school even though all the choices are meh and the best of what is available is often over capacity. [b]I bet if you looked under the covers here you would find a bunch of sacred home owners using poor kids as their proxies even though they will never use any of the advanced programs or choices in measurable percentages. [/b]

The lowest ranked DCC schools would do a little better when more kids stay home and the middle ranked schools like Blair will do much worse when the influx dries up. Its funny the DCC doesn't want to empower the equity bounce internally within its system that they want from the richer schools.  I always said be careful what you wish for in redistricting which the East county has cried for years for, Slice up Whitman all you want in any direction you will only get different rich kids, a few blocks can completely change an east county schools makeup and rarely for the better. Truth is the strongest gerrymandering is in the east county when it comes to SFH areas vs Apts. [/quote]

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Sounds like west county folk trying to silence advocacy from east county folk. 50% of this thread is this foolishness. It's very transparent.

Most rich kids are not advanced. Most poor kids are not advanced. The specific percentages are different, certainly, but all advanced kids should have access to challenging coursework. Still, when talking about criteria based magnet programs which is where a lot of the concerns about the regional program proposal lie, we're not talking about the majority of kids at any school, nor are we talking about programs that are aimed at or likely to improve math or literacy proficiency rates. So in the end this entire discussion is not about addressing MCPS's fundamental problems, but it is about programs that serve kids of all backgrounds,.though certainly a group that is disproportionately wealthy, White and Asian and in which Black and Latino kids and kids with lower incomes are underrepresented.[/quote]

it's fun that the petition was co-authored by a BCC parent (one of those demonic west county folk trying to silence advocacy by.....writing a petition to advocate).[/quote]

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