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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about all the kids who had MAP-M scores that high and did NOT get in.  [b]Did they also not deserve to be there?[/b][/quote]

This is the heart of the complaint. That MCPS uses murky selection tools to select a certain profile from the pool of qualified students. IE, prioritizing students from lower-income areas in a bid to reduce specific ethnic gaps. Now whether that complaint will hold up as the cohorts are selected year after year, remains to be seen.

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Oddly, nobody on DCUM ever asked that question when MCPS used the previous murky selection process. It only became a concern when affluent west-county parents became worried that their children were being passed over for those other children, over there, who must be less deserving.[/quote]

First, there is nothing odd when parents are concerned about unfairness towards their own kids.
Also these questions arise only because the changes MCPS are making, are clearly aimed at selecting more students from certain groups. If people do not believe these certain groups were treated unfairly by MCPS in previous selection process, then increasing their share would certainly raise alarms.
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Right. You're not worried about kids who deserve to be there but didn't get to go. You're worried about YOUR OWN KID. All the other kids who deserved to be there but didn't get to go? ¯\_(?)_/¯[/quote]

1. I was only telling you it is NOT ODD that people are more concerned about the unfairness toward their kids. Whether people should all be concerned about other unfairness in the world, is not my point. Maybe you want to force everyone to be concerned about every issue involving some unfairness?

2. Apparently I hold the opinion that the previous selection criteria were more fair, treating students in difference groups in a less biased manner. And that is likely the opinion of many who raised the issue with the current MCPS selection. [/quote]

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