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Thank you!

I would like to point out one thing in your statement.  You can not disregard the achievement gas as an argument.  Montgomery County BOE has announced this as their highest priority from the hiring of the superintendent to how they rate their schools.  I agree it is best for ALL students, but [b]BOE only really focusses on the minorities[/b], not on the majority.

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Indian-American students and Hindu students are minorities.[/quote]

Yes, they are. However, they are not the ones who are lagging behind in achievement.  And if the BOE is concerned only on  closing the gap by limiting achievement of high performers, then that is futile.  High performing minorities will continue to increase the achievement gap because they are not relying wholly on MCPS for their education.   Closing the achievement gap is a laudable priority as long as they are not trying to bring down the ceiling on achievement.

We do not want to live in a society where people are not well educated. It does not matter if they are minority or majority. 
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