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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like we are digressing in this conversation. [b]This is not about race; it's about SES. [/b]I think it's clear that many parents want a diverse school as long as it doesn't impede their child's chances of having a high-achieving peer cohort. Because most parents don't have recent first hand experience when researching schools, they look at the available data, the FARMS rate; and evaluate if they're comfortable with that. The level of comfort varies from family to family. [/quote]

Which, in Montgomery County, is well correlated with race/ethnicity.

Plus it actually is about race, also.[/quote]

You know what, you're right. For some families, ethnicity is a factor/  Some people are not comfortable with having too many brown kids in their school, regardless of SES. For instance, Northwest HS on paper is great- test scores, SATs, low FARMS, etc. But someone upthread mentioned that you can't compare QO and NW despite this because the kids at NW look like the kids at SVHS. Bottom line, some people are more comfortable in schools with lots of white people and that's what QO and other schools like the Ws, Sherwood, Damascus, and Poolesville provide.  [/quote]

If we just talk about "on paper", Northwest or QO, maybe ok, but neither one is close to being "great". Just "on paper", both (and Sherwood, Damascus too) are far behind  the Ws.

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Oh ok...well enlighten us....what is a "great" school? And what is it about the Ws (besides the fact that they are wealthier and whiter) that makes them "great"?[/quote]

The criteria is very clear, as the PP stated: "on paper is great- test scores, SATs, low FARMS, etc". You have the numbers from MCPS, look at those. It is clear that Northwest, QO, Sherwood, Damascus are within the same tier, the Ws are in a higher Tier. If you call the Ws "great", I don't think it makes sense to call the next tier "great" too. Unless, you are just being polite and want to call everything not bad as "great"?

I say it again: I am talking about the "on paper" criteria used by the PP, not your criteria. If you don't like the "on paper" criteria, that is fine, just don't mix your criteria with the "on paper" one we are discussing, ok?

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Oh! You are right. Color me impressed that a bunch of privileged wealthy white children do well on SATs and have very few poors. BRAVO!

Meanwhile, the rest of us will continue to support and applaud the myriad of other "great" schools within MCPS.[/quote]

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