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LOL! You really do live in your own Churchill world.  Black/Hispanic students make up 50% of MCPS.  Even alone, they are not 1 out of 6, maybe in west MCPS they are, but certainly not for all of MCPS.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/about/

Demographics (2014-2015)
White: 31%
Hispanic/Latino: 28.5%
Black or African American: 21.5%
Asian: 14.2%
Two or more races: ? 5.0%
American Indian or Alaskan Native: ? 5.0%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: ? 5.0%[/quote]

You are correct -- I don't have the slightest interest in what the numbers are for Montgomery County.       I value diversity in my kids' school because I want them to know kids with different backgrounds and perspectives.     For example, I want them to have Muslim friends so they aren't susceptible to anti-Muslim hysteria in the media.     I want them to meet black kids who are smarter than they are, so they aren't prey to stupid stereotypes.     For this reason, I am very happy with the diversity in my Churchill school district.

Now MCPS bean counters seem to have an interest in seeing that every school district have the same racial divisions across the entire county.   (They also have a curious obsession with kids from Latin America, but not from other parts of the world.)      I suppose they have their job to do, but it doesn't interest me as a parent.

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If MCPS were truly interested in racial diversity *across* the county, Churchill would look very different.   And if you were truly interested in your kids being exposed to a wider variety of smart kids, then Churchill wouldn't be the place because having a handful of Black/Hispanic smart kids, but a majority not so smart  Black kids isn't showing your kids great diversity.

We used to live in a district where the majority of the Black/Hispanic kids were from poor families.  Sure, there were a handful that were not, but the vast majority were, and the rest of the student body was made up of wealthier Asian/White families.  Sound familiar?  It was just like Churchill.  We moved because we didn't want our kids to associate predominately Black/Hispanic with poor.  That is Churchill.

You keep saying you value diversity, but Churchill is not diverse by any means.  Having a handful of Muslims, Black, Hispanic, etc.. is not considered diverse.  It's considered just a handful.  That's like saying ketchup is considered a fruit because it has some tomatoes.    Keep it at a minimum and that's your ideal. [/quote]

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