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Why should a taxpayer funded public school provide certain types of education at the expense of one child over another?  [b]I don't think anyone on the west side thinks no student from the poorer side should not have access to magnet.[/b][/quote]

really.  have you been on dcum long? [/quote]
Show me on this forum where someone stated that kids on the eastern side [b]who score as high[/b] don't deserve to be in the magnet?  [/quote]

Except its not all about test score -- therein lies the problem with your statement.

Many people on this board think the URM kids should not be there -- they have complained that the curriculum will be "watered down" now that those kids have been accepted.

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Test scores are one part, and if they scored well, why isn't MCPS publishing it? What are they hiding?

People think kids who aren't as high achieving should not be there, and they shouldn't since this is a merit based academic public program. It just so happens that URM tend to perform lower academically. That's not racist.  Even MCPS agrees with that and that's why they are trying to close the achievement gap.[/quote]

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