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The data also shows there are MANY more Asian and white kids who could thrive in a magnet environment. Why aren't we commissioning studies and changing policies to figure out a way to get more of them into the programs?[/quote]

In fact, the Metis study addressed that issue too.

Lots of kids would do well in the magnet programs So I don't understand why (some) people are having a hard time with the idea that there are black and Hispanic kids who are not in the magnet programs who would do well in the magnet programs.[/quote]

I don't think anyone has a hard time with the idea that there are brilliant black and Hispanic children.  Of course there are.  I[b] think what people have a hard time with is the county trying to level the playing field.  [/b]If the PP is in the ballpark with:

[quote]So 212 Hispanic kids, 1,055 white kids, 158 black kids, and 736 Asian kids scored "exceeds" in math[/quote]

what people are having trouble with is the county wanted to make the center programs look like 6 Hispanic kids, 6 white kids, 6 black kids and 6 Asian kids.

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...you're opposed to a level playing field?[/quote]

By headcount, yes.  By representative percentile, no.

If student body A has 15 exceptional members and student body B has 368 exceptional members, selecting 5 from each group does not make an equitable representation.  Nor a fair one.[/quote]

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