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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Respectfully, you need to stop. MCPS has been very open about their goals and it has been addressed in countless meetings and reports. They have defined diversity as having to do with race and socio-economic status, and their goal is to close that gap.

I don't disagree that there are some parents crying foul and blaming the diversity goal for negative results but it's all about your perception of the purpose of the programs and who "deserves" or "needs" admission. No one is wrong.

Some would argue that the 99th percentile rich kid fairly beat out the 89th percentile FARMS kid and should be admitted. My view is that we need to account for hardships so maybe the 89th percentile FARMS kid is more deserving and "needs" it more. But what about a 50th percentile FARMS kid?  [/quote]

Yes, and some of those 99%ers are getting there partly because of enrichment and even test prep. Back in the day of the HGC, Cold Spring was a hotbed of test prep.[/quote]

Doesn't Doc Li drop off and pickup at Cold Spring?[/quote]

Hahaha. Probably[/quote]
I did not know what you were talking about, so a few seconds of googling later and I really cannot believe was I was seeing. 3 hours per day as a K-8 aftercare type program? That's crazy.[/quote]

FWIW it illustrates how preparation impacts to achievement.[/quote]

And yet, greater impacts due to SES status are brushed aside as nothing, just the natural order of things.  [/quote]

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