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[b]There's no question but that MCPS is losing white students at a faster rate now than any other school district in the region.[/b]  It makes the idea of shuffling their dwindling stock around MCPS to somehow promote greater diversity a truly ridiculous exercise.  [/quote]

Actually, there are plenty of questions. Starting with: how do you define "losing white students"? I'd also love to see your analysis, and the data you used for it.
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Compare:

http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2013/OfficialEnrollmentSuppressed20130930.pdf

http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2008/OfficialEnrollment2009.pdf[/quote]

I love how the liberals keep wanting "data."  Even if you don't believe the clear and obvious data above,  can't your just walk into your school, restaurants, grocery stores?  MCPS had white/AA teens working in fast food, the malls and departments stores just 10+ yrs ago.  It is a 180 turn around anymore.  If I can find someone who speaks English, it is a miracle.  [/quote]

I agree with the poster asking how you define losing white students.  There are fewer enrolled, but that doesn't mean they are intentionally leaving the system for any reason other than graduation.  Maybe they are graduating and moving on, only to be replaced by younger minorities who enter kindergarten.  That's a different picture than "white flight" from the system.  White people aren't having as many white kids as they used to.  The number of white births over the past 30 years has dropped by 15%.    [/quote]

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