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I don't understand why this man, who is a leader in the MC Latino Advocacy Coalition, isn't making it his job to spread the word about these programs instead of whining that there are Latinos who are unaware of these programs.
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:) Good point. Isn't that his job? [/quote]

No, it isn't. It's the job of MCPS to get information about MCPS to MCPS parents. Right?[/quote]

MCPS puts a ton of information out there, in many different languages, on paper, on their website, by telephone. It is not possible for MCPS officials to go door to door and have conversations. If this guy wants to advocate for the Latino community, he needs to get on it and stop feeling free to sit back and let everyone else do the work of informing his community. [/quote]

Nobody is saying that MCPS should go door-to-door. But if you're supposed to get the information out to people, but the people aren't getting it, then you're not doing your job properly.[/quote]

Clearly everyone receives the info and there's not much more MCPS can do on that front.  The issue is people receive so much info from MCPS and they don't realize which is important to them, which programs are worth pursuing.  I feel I had a leg up in this process because of neighbors and friends who'd had kids in the magnets.  My DC attended an HGC and is now in Blair CAP.  Similarly, when my DC entered private preschool I immediately ran into endless talk about immersion which I knew nothing about (and we didn't pursue).  This is exactly the role a community advocate could try to fill since communities that are under-represented can't possibly have this word of mouth and direct experience to guide them.  Conversely, I don't know anyone who uses the Saturday school tutoring or who attends Thomas Edison School of Technology and I hang up on those robo calls, may be our loss.  Or there's the early elementary program at Takoma ES, whatever it's called, that doesn't really exist--t was helpful to be told pursuing that is a waist of time.  It is a complicated system and most people navigate it successfully use help from their community not MCPS literature.[/quote]

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