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So really what proponents are talking about is redisributing students to flatten out FARMS levels -- or at least make the differences in FARMS not so stark. Because race and class are correlated in this country, of course that may mean changes in the racial mix of the student bodies at various schools. But make no mistake, [b]every school in MCPS --- EVERY school -- is already racially integrated. [/b]

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This is true only insofar as there is no school in MCPS that is 100% one particular race/ethnicity.

If you think New Hampshire Estates PS or Westbrook ES are racially integrated, then your definition of integration must be different from mine.[/quote]

[b]Westbrook is 25% nonwhite. It's racially integrated,[/b] though I'll grant you it's safe to say that it is predominantly white.

You make a stronger case with New Hampshire Estates, which is 72 percent Hispanic, 21 percent black and less than 5 percent white. Maybe adjusting boundaries will improve the socioeconomic mix in a school like that.

Westbrook Elementary is in the southwest corner of the county, in Bethesda. You'd have to bus kids pretty far in or out of there to appreciably change the racial mix, given the racial and econonic mix of that area of the county.[/quote]

NHE is 67% ESOL and almost 90% FARMs. It's also 71% Hispanic.

and 8 miles down the road . . .

Westbrook - fewer than 5% in FARMs and ESOL and 74% white.  I don't consider this integrated.

These schools have TWO VERY DIFFERENT cultures.  Do you honestly think the folks in Bethesda would go for some "trading" based on these statistics?  Liberal elites are all talk.[/quote]

No one is suggesting "trading" NHE and Westbrook kids. The choice of NHE is also kind of weird because it is somewhat unique. It is K-2, but the overall school zone (NHE and Oak View) isn't contiguous. It is also bounded on two sides by very busy multi-lane roads, and one of its boundaries is the border with PG County. http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/NewHampshireEstatesOakViewES.pdf

So, it is unique in several ways, not just the degree to which it is dealing with concentrated poverty.

A better example might be Sligo Creek ES, which is 9 percent FARMS but surrounded by schools that are over 40 percent.

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I know where it is. I grew up in SS.  I also know the system inside and out.

SS and Bethesda are congested.  A two-mile difference doesn't matter in their eyes.  What matters is diversity - and that's defined by race and SES.  Since Sligo Creek ES has low FARMs and is majority white, the county will not do "an exchange" between SCES and WES.  ain't happening

You weren't around when the lines were redrawn btw Blair and BCC. That was years ago. So this isn't new.

Nothing will end "bright flight."  Note that it's no longer "white flight," as educated parents with means will find the 'best" schools for their kids.[/quote]

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