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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could we please stop equating "having benefited from the social safety net" with "irredeemable person who I wouldn't want my child educated alongside?"

Lots of people receive (or received) free or reduced meals. The children of your nannies almost certainly receive free or reduced meals. The children of a first-year MCPS teacher could qualify for reduced meals. Poverty is not contagious, and having benefited from free or reduced lunch does not make a child inherently worthless, or worthy of avoiding.  [/quote]
There are exceptions, but statistically speaking, FAMRS students don't do academically as well as their peers: https://education.umd.edu/research/centers/mep/research/k-12-education/does-school-composition-matter-estimating-relationship[/quote]

OK. How does "as a group, students who receive FARMs don't do as well academically" turn into "students who currently receive FARMs or did so in the past are irredeemable people whom I don't want in my child's high school"?[/quote]
I don't think anybody claimed that FARMS students are irredeemable people. However, if you have a large percentage of them in a school, the chances are that [b]the school will not do very well[/b].[/quote]

What does it mean for a school to do well? How do you know if the school is doing well? [/quote]
Click the link: https://education.umd.edu/research/centers/mep/research/k-12-education/does-school-composition-matter-estimating-relationship[/quote]

So by a school doing well, you mean the school's overall scores on standardized tests?

How do the school's overall scores on standardized tests relate to your individual child's learning?[/quote]
I never claimed that the school's overall scores on standardized tests relate to your individual child's learning. I claimed that statistically, a school with high FARMS rates doesn't perform as well as a school with low FARMS rates.[/quote]

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