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If they did this in places where FARMS students are diverse racially, it is fine. But in Montgomery County 87% of FARMS students are Hispanic (55%) or African American (32%). FARMS rate is a good proxy for race in Montgomery County. MCPS did balance out FARMS rates but MCPS also balanced out racial compositions in Rocky Hill MS and Neelsville MS. It is up to the State Board or a court to decide whether this is constitutional.[/quote]

The logical consequence of your argument is that school districts would only be allowed to look at school poverty rates if everybody were equally likely to be poor. In school districts where some groups are more likely to be poor than others, school districts would not be allowed to look at school poverty rates. That would be really dumb.[/quote]

The Supreme Court said that racial balancing is unconstitutional. Is [b]racial balancing [/b]at the same time as economic balancing constitutional? You think it is. The State Board or a court will look at the totality of the circumstances to decide.[/quote]

Rocky Hill MS
Currently: 25% black, 30% Asian-American, 17% Hispanic, 21% white, 7% more than one
With the boundary decision: 32% black, 21% Asian-American, 19% Hispanic, 14% white, 5% more than one

Neelsville MS
Currently: 30% black, 9% Asian-American, 53% Hispanic, 5% white, 3% more than one
With the boundary decision: 21% black, 17% Asian-American, 46% Hispanic, 11% white, 5% more than one

Those are the numbers you consider to be prima facie evidence that the boundary decision was unconstitutional racial discrimination.[/quote]

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