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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Minorities need more help than whites/Asians. HCG should reflect general population of MCPS - 30% white, 30 Asian, 30 AA, and 10% Hispanics.

..This post implies (to me) that MCPS should use race as a factor in admissions.[/quote]

It shouldn't but I think that's exactly where MCPS is going. Even for the magnet programs. Sad. [/quote]

No, MCPS is not. It is against the law. Google Eisenberg v. Montgomery County Public Schools. Please educate yourself.[/quote]

+1.  Taking race or gender into account in the admissions process to a magnet program is illegal under Eisenberg.  MCPS can legally use socioeconomic status as a factor in admissions (like FARMS or ever-FARMS status) and I believe it does so in the Argyle/Loiderman/etc. magnet consortium, but those are not "competitive magnets".

For the competitive magnets, MCPS tries to account for diversity by using geographic diversity.  In other words, they try to admit a few students from every elementary in a magnet cluster.  Since some elementaries have a higher minority population, the odds are better that the child they admit may be a minority.  (Better but still not great, IMO.)

IMO, if MCPS wanted to admit students in closer proportion to the overall MCPS demographics, then MCPS should get rid of standardized testing (which under predicts which minority students have the skills to be successful in these programs) or administer the entrance test to all students (to broaden the base of selection), admit that the teacher recommendation and school ranking process is highly biased, and address the linguistic biases inherent in testing kids in their non-native language.

[b]The selection process itself is highly biased against minorities, non-native english speakers and those with disabilities, to name just a few[/b]. [/quote]

You kid didn't make the cut?  :) [/quote]

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