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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to OP's original question. 
You betcha they did! The sneaky thing, I mean.
Are you surprised?
I am not.[/quote]

20 pages later and I still don't know what "the sneaky thing" is.

OP seemed to think it was screening a bunch of kids, but we know screening has become almost universal. So that's not "the sneaky thing."

So....what is it? [/quote]

It's complete BS. The OP is insinuating that they used this lottery to improve equity. Newsflash - the lower the bar on the lottery the closer the demographics will be to the county!  This is obvious and not some underhanded plot to subert democrazy.[/quote]

Of course it is a obvious method to do an Asian purge. Doesn't make it right. [/quote]

Not really, they couldn't administer the CogAT so instead of just splitting hairs they did a lottery. This result was the overly represented groups in years past went down but Asians are still the most well represented group in the magnet as a percentage of the overall population. Further, selection was race blind so to claim it's an Asian purge seems melodramatic.[/quote]

Yep, any lottery will yield results similar to the county's demographics. Guessing the result was pretty much just a reflection of the top 15% from which the selected students.[/quote]

The people who think this is some conspiracy against them have serious issues. I get it you spent 123456$ at the prep center and are bummed you couldn't buy your child a seat at the magnet. I understand it effects your social standing within your community, but there was this pandemic going on. They had few choices. This was never about you so grow up.[/quote]
Yet you cannot admit that the goal is to increase representation through lowering academic standards? So weird.[/quote]

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