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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed about the limitations to lotteries/DCC, as a family zoned for Einstein.  MCPS should focus more on equity between individual high schools (and robust options within individual high schools) and less on the special programs that end up being available to very few kids across the county.  They sound great in theory but in practice, they leave too many kids out.[/quote]

+1 as an NEC parent, I agree. Blake is overcrowded due to the high interest in their dance program, but Paint Branch and Springbrook kids who are interested are SOL.[/quote]

Thats  not why Blake is overcrowded. 
Blake has the better reputation because it’s more white than the other 2 options. It’s been this way for years unfortunately. I’m in the NEC and literally everyone I talk to
Says they want Blake. Their kids don’t even dance/do theater. [/quote]

Exactly. I worked in the NEC for 16 years. Blake is majority white, PB majority black, and SB majority Hispanic. Isn’t this exactly what the consortium idea is supposed to prevent? [/quote]

Blake is actually 11% white, which is higher than Paint Branch (3.4%) or Springbrook (4.4%), but certainly not the majority.  The demographics table in this PDF is informative: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP26_Chapter4NEC.pdf [/quote]

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