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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]They need to reevaluate the mission in light of metis. About half the slots now are DCC and there's little problem filling the others with DCC kids who are more than capable of doing the work. Sure, you may have one or two fewer NMSFs but it would also improve equity in the county per metis.[/quote]

I agree that they need to reevaluate the mission. I don't believe that swapping out non-DCC whites for DCC whites will achieve anything for equity. It will just make the W schools even stronger, make a few white DCC people happier and leave a bunch of non-W and non-DCC kids stranded. Equity improved=zippo.

If you want easier access to a magnet for your kid to avoid the low SES kids, then go after the save money by running fewer buses argument. The equity one doesn't hold up for you.

Reading the report and the sections on the lawsuits against MCPS for applying racial balancing to transfer requests in the 80s and 90s was interesting. There have been similar court findings against school systems in other states as well for using race or proxy measures for race in assignment and application acceptance.

Which brings up the entire question, how is it even legal for the school system to have racial balancing be its primary objective? I'm not arguing whether its right or wrong as there are some very good reasons why diversity is good. However, if diversity doesn't exist there just doesn't seem to be a legal basis for a school system to make it happen without a crossing a line into racial balancing acts which are illegal. [/quote]u

Métis stated that DCC was largely a failure since the top programs failed to utilize its base area in terms of creating greater equity within a diverse region. Instead these programs presently cater to many students who are from home schools with a strong peer group. [/quote]

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