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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

That's obviously false since it only happened because of a once in a lifetime pandemic and they were unable to administer the CogAT. They did the only sensible thing under the circumstances. THey held a lottery. I'm sorry if the county's demographics differed from those who attend expensive prep centers, but that hardly means there was some conspiracy. It just means that the demographics are different than the results we get when we use a system that is easily gamed by outside enrichment.[/quote]

Lottery demeans everyone. But you obviously have no kids who are applying for magnets. Just a troll with some talking points. Go away. [/quote]

Just the opposite. My child had perfect CogATs last time they took them. Had the highest map scores in their school and straight A's. They were passed over by the lottery too. I guess I understand that it's not about them or me but there's a greater context.[/quote]

Perfect COGAT. What does that mean? How do you know your kid had the highest MAP score? Such obvious lies. Just do everyone a favor. Go away and do some other useless thing. 
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