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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm waiting for someone to bring a Civil Rights case against PGCPS for the whole specialty program system.

Latinos are vastly under-represented in elementary level specialty programs and since those programs cost significantly more money than regular schools, latino children aren't being funded to the same extent as non-latino kids.

[b]PGCPS does not do a good enough job explaining the lottery system to immigrant communities. [/b]

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Totally agree. This is something that our school’s PTA is trying to tackle. It’s been very difficult. Some of it is that it’s not explained well, and some of it is that these families aren’t taking advantage of anything that the PTA/school is offering to help. And there have been a LOT of things offered. And some of the responses have been that community (is keeping their kids in a school close to home with people they regularly interact with in many overlapping areas of life) trumps the opportunity of specialty schools. There’s definitely room for improvement, but I’m not willing to say it’s 100% the fault of PGCPS. I’m not sure the best way to bridge the divide, but we’ll keep working on it. [/quote]

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