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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huntington High school in WV has an 80 percent white population-median family income is $29,000.00 and FARMS rate is about 54%.  Test scores are at or below 50% and AP courses taken are at 8%.  Clearly they are not high acheivers or doing very well.  [b]Poverty has an adverse effect on every race.[/b][/quote]

This really should go without saying![/quote]

Which is why the comment [b]"poor minority populations bring down a school and there is no doubt that is a fact!"[/b] above is racist, or ignorant at best.[/quote]

That's a true statement for MoCo. We are NOT in WV the last time I checked. [/quote]

yes, your're right. In MoCo, there isn't a big white *and* poor population (based on % of FARMS kids by race).  It just so happens that the majority of the poor people in MoCo are minorities.  But the WV example shows that it's a poverty issue, not a race issue.  So, there was no reason to use the "minority" word in reference to "bringing down a school".  It is a SES issue; not a race issue.[/quote]

The poor minorities are bringing down the MoCo schools-look at the stats-likely the poor whites live in those clusters as well so if you want to count them in, do so![/quote]

Right, so this is a classism issue.  Let's kick out all the poor people then we'd have the perfect test scores![/quote]

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